Assessing filtering of mountaintop CO2 mole fractions for application to inverse models of biosphere-atmosphere carbon exchange

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2099-2115

  Brooks, B G J ^a   Desai, A R ^a   Stephens, B B ^b   Bowling, D R ^c   Burns, S P ^b   Watt, A S ^b   Heck, S L ^b,d   Sweeney, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIEL VARIATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PROCYON;

EID: 84880575037     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-2099-2012     Document Type: Article

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