Long-term validation of tropospheric column-averaged CH4 mole fractions obtained by mid-infrared ground-based FTIR spectrometry

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1425-1441

  Sepulveda E ^a,b   Schneider, M ^b,c   Hase, F ^c   Garcia O E ^b   Gomez Pelaez, A ^b   Dohe, S ^c   Blumenstock, T ^c   Guerra, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Agencia Estatal de Meteorología AEMET   (Spain)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METHANE; STRATOSPHERE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84863305636     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1425-2012     Document Type: Article

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