Strategy for high-accuracy-and-precision retrieval of atmospheric methane from the mid-infrared FTIR network

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1943-1964

  Sussmann, R ^a   Forster, F ^a   Rettinger, M ^a   Jones, N ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEAR SKY; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; PRECISION; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALPS; BAVARIA; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; GERMANY; WETTERSTEIN MOUNTAINS; ZUGSPITZE;

EID: 84857764029     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1943-2011     Document Type: Article

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