Remotely operable compact instruments for measuring atmospheric CO 2 and CH4 column densities at surface monitoring sites

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1103-1112

  Kobayashi, N ^a   Inoue, G ^a   Kawasaki, M ^a,b   Yoshioka, H ^b   Minomura, M ^b   Murata, I ^c   Nagahama, T ^d   Matsumi, Y ^d   Tanaka, T ^e   Morino, I ^e   Ibuki, T ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETRY; METHANE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84879790291     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-1103-2010     Document Type: Article

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