Linking emissions of fossil fuel CO2 and other anthropogenic trace gases using atmospheric 14CO2

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Miller, John B ^a,b   Lehman, Scott J ^b   Montzka, Stephen A ^a   Sweeney, Colm ^a,b   Miller, Benjamin R ^a,b   Karion, Anna ^a,b   Wolak, Chad ^b   Dlugokencky, Ed J ^a   Southon, John ^c   Turnbull, Jocelyn C ^a,b   Tans, Pieter P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BOTTOM UP; EMISSION RATIO; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL COMPONENT; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SAMPLING SITE; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRACE-GASES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860285818     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017048     Document Type: Article

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