Methane airborne measurements and comparison to global models during BARCA

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Beck, Veronika ^a   Chen, Huilin ^a,b   Gerbig, Christoph ^a   Bergamaschi, Peter ^c   Bruhwiler, Lori ^d   Houweling, Sander ^e,f   Rckmann, Thomas ^e   Kolle, Olaf ^a   Steinbach, Julia ^a,g   Koch, Thomas ^a   Sapart, Célia J ^e   Van Der Veen, Carina ^e   Frankenberg, Christian ^f,h   Andreae, Meinrat O ⁱ   Artaxo, Paulo ^j   Longo, Karla M ^k   Wofsy, Steven C ^l  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON REGION; BIOGENIC ORIGINS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DRY SEASONS; GLOBAL MODELS; GROUND BASED; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; TROPICAL REGIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WET SEASON;

METHANE;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; EMISSION INVENTORY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; SCIAMACHY; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA; WETLAND;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84865434022     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017345     Document Type: Article

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