Temporal variation of atmospheric CH4 and the potential source regions at Waliguan, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 727-736

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Zhou, LingXi ^b   Xu, Lin ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

background atmosphere; methane (CH4); sources sinks; temporal variation; trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND MIXING RATIOS; DIURNAL VARIATION; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION;

GERMANIUM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MIXING; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; GANSU; NINGXIA HUIZU; QINGHAI; WALIGUAN MOUNTAIN; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG;

EID: 84876938043     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4577-y     Document Type: Article

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