A multi-year record of airborne CO2 observations in the US Southern Great Plains

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 751-763

  Biraud, S C ^a   Torn, M S ^a   Smith, J R ^b   Sweeney, C ^c   Riley, W J ^a   Tans, P P ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Atmospheric Observing System Inc   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONYL COMPOUND; GREENHOUSE GAS; SULFIDE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TREND ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880647257     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-751-2013     Document Type: Article

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