Total column CO2 measurements at Darwin, Australia - Site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 947-958

  Deutscher, N M ^a   Griffith, D W T ^a   Bryant, G W ^a,g   Wennberg, P O ^b,c   Toon, G C ^d   Washenfelder, R A ^c,h   Keppel Aleks, G ^c   Wunch, D ^b,c   Yavin, Y ^b   Allen, N T ^e   Blavier, J F ^d   Jimenez R ^e,f   Daube, B C ^e,f   Bright, A V ^e,f   Matross, D M ^e,f,i   Wofsy, S C ^e,f   Park, S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^h EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ KEMA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLEAR SKY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MIXING RATIO; OXYGEN;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PARK FALLS; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84862833107     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-947-2010     Document Type: Article

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