Large amplitude spatial and temporal gradients in atmospheric boundary layer CO2 mole fractions detected with a tower-based network in the U.S. upper Midwest

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Miles, Natasha L ^a   Richardson, Scott J ^a   Davis, Kenneth J ^a   Lauvaux, Thomas ^a   Andrews, Arlyn E ^b   West, Tristram O ^c   Bandaru, Varaprasad ^c   Crosson, Eric R ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d PICARRO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOME; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE EFFECT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

INSECTIVORA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857469940     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001781     Document Type: Article

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