Impact of transport model errors on the global and regional methane emissions estimated by inverse modelling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9917-9937

  Locatelli, R ^a   Bousquet, P ^a   Chevallier, F ^a   Fortems Cheney, A ^a   Szopa, S ^a   Saunois, M ^a   Agusti Panareda, A ^b   Bergmann, D ^c   Bian, H ^d   Cameron Smith, P ^c   Chipperfield, M P ^e   Gloor, E ^e   Houweling, S ^f,g   Kawa, S R ^d   Krol, M ^f,g,h   Patra, P K ⁱ   Prinn, R G ^j   Rigby, M ^j,k   Saito, R ⁱ   Wilson, C ^e  

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

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMISSION INVENTORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVERSE ANALYSIS; METHANE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885342238     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9917-2013     Document Type: Article

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