CO, NOx and 13CO2 as tracers for fossil fuel CO2: Results from a pilot study in Paris during winter 2010

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7343-7358

  Lopez, M ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Delmotte, M ^a   Colomb, A ^b,e   Gros, V ^a   Janssen, C ^b   Lehman, S J ^c   Mondelain, D ^b,f   Perrussel, O ^d   Ramonet, M ^a   Xueref Remy, I ^a   Bousquet, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AIRPARIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f LIPHY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRACER;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84881242711     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7343-2013     Document Type: Article

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