Validation of TES methane with HIPPO aircraft observations: Implications for inverse modeling of methane sources

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1823-1832

  Wecht, K J ^a   Jacob, D J ^a   Wofsy, S C ^a   Kort, E A ^a   Worden, J R ^b   Kulawik, S S ^b   Henze, D K ^c   Kopacz, M ^d,f   Payne, V H ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EOS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; METHANE; SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84857251953     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-1823-2012     Document Type: Article

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