Regional inversion of CO2 ecosystem fluxes from atmospheric measurements: Reliability of the uncertainty estimates

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9039-9056

  Broquet, G ^a   Chevallier, F ^a   BrEon F M ^a   Kadygrov, N ^a   Alemanno, M ^b   Apadula, F ^c   Hammer, S ^d   Haszpra, L ^e,f   Meinhardt, F ^g   Morgui J A ^h   Necki, J ⁱ   Piacentino, S ^j   Ramonet, M ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Thompson, R L ^k,m   Vermeulen, A T ^l   Yver, C ^a   Ciais, P ^a  

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

^b Servizio Meteorologico Dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana   (Italy)

^c RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^g UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^h IC3 Institut Catala de Ciencies del Clima   (Spain)

ⁱ AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^j ENEA   (Italy)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^l TNO   (Netherlands)

^m NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; EDDY COVARIANCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883761154     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9039-2013     Document Type: Article

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