Urban carbon dioxide cycles within the Salt Lake Valley: A multiple-box model validated by observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Strong, C ^a   Stwertka, C ^a   Bowling, D R ^a   Stephens, B B ^b   Ehleringer, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR ENTRAINMENT; LAKES; LANDFORMS; SUN;

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DIEL CYCLES; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; MIXING HEIGHT; MODEL RESULTS; MOLE FRACTION; NET EFFECT; REDUCTION PROCESS; SALT LAKE VALLEY; SPATIAL AVERAGE; UTAH , USA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DILUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; URBAN AREA;

SALT LAKE VALLEY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84860389679     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015693     Document Type: Article

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