Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: Assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NOx and CO2 and their impacts

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3661-3677

  Brioude, J ^a,b   Angevine, W M ^a,b   Ahmadov, R ^a,b   Kim, S W ^a,b   Evan, S ^b   McKeen, S A ^a,b   Hsie, E Y ^a,b   Frost, G J ^a,b   Neuman, J A ^a,b   Pollack, I B ^a,b   Peischl, J ^a,b   Ryerson, T B ^b   Holloway, J ^a,b   Brown, S S ^b   Nowak, J B ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^a,b   Wofsy, S C ^c   Santoni, G W ^c   Oda, T ^b,d   Trainer, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875899280     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3661-2013     Document Type: Article

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