Interannual variability of carbon monoxide emission estimates over South America from 2006 to 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Hooghiemstra, P B ^a,b   Krol, M C ^a,b,c   Van Leeuwen, T T ^d   Van Der Werf, G R ^d   Novelli, P C ^e   Deeter, M N ^f   Aben, I ^a   Rockmann T ^b  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ETHANOL; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUGAR CANE; VALUE ENGINEERING;

BIAS CORRECTION; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CO EMISSIONS; DRY SEASONS; EARTH SYSTEMS; GLOBAL DEMAND; GLOBAL FIRE; GLOBAL MONITORING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INVERSE MODELING; MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERES; MIXING RATIOS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; POSITIVE BIAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ESTIMATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORRECTION; DEFORESTATION; MIXING RATIO; MOPITT; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84865344210     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017758     Document Type: Article

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