Evidence for El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influence on Arctic CO interannual variability through biomass burning emissions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Monks, S A ^a   Arnold, S R ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; FIRE EMISSIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH-EAST SIBERIA; SURFACE STATION;

BIOMASS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FIRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864451812     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052512     Document Type: Article

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