Calibration of column-averaged CH 4 over European TCCON FTS sites with airborne in-situ measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 8763-8775

  Geibel, M C ^a,e   Messerschmidt, J ^b   Gerbig, C ^a   Blumenstock, T ^c   Chen, H ^a,f   Hase, F ^c   Kolle, O ^a   Lavric J V ^a   Notholt, J ^b   Palm, M ^b   Rettinger, M ^c   Schmidt, M ^d   Sussmann, R ^c   Warneke, T ^b   Feist, D G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84869038706     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8763-2012     Document Type: Article

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