Airborne observations of methane emissions from rice cultivation in the Sacramento Valley of California

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Peischl, J ^a,b   Ryerson, T B ^b   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Trainer, M ^b   Andrews, A E ^b   Atlas, E L ^c   Blake, D R ^d   Daube, B C ^e   Dlugokencky, E J ^b   Fischer, M L ^f   Goldstein, A H ^g   Guha, A ^g   Karl, T ^h   Kofler, J ^a,b   Kosciuch, E ^a,b   Misztal, P K ^g,h   Perring, A E ^a,b   Pollack, I B ^a,b   Santoni, G W ^e   Schwarz, J P ^a,b   Spackman, J R ^a,b   Wofsy, S C ^e   Parrish, D D ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; AIRBORNE OBSERVATIONS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD; EMISSION FLUXES; EMISSION RATES; FLUX RATIO; GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY; GROWING REGIONS; GROWING SEASON; METHANE EMISSIONS; MIXING MODELS; MIXING RATIOS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RICE CROPS; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE FIELDS; RICE PADDY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; PADDY FIELD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RICE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870876596     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017994     Document Type: Article

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