The variability of methane, nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride in Northeast India

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10633-10644

  Ganesan, A L ^a   Chatterjee, A ^b   Prinn, R G ^a   Harth, C M ^c   Salameh, P K ^c   Manning, A J ^d   Hall, B D ^e   Muhle J ^c   Meredith, L K ^a   Weiss, R F ^c   O'Doherty, S ^f   Young, D ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SULFUR COMPOUND;

DARJEELING; GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84887069039     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10633-2013     Document Type: Article

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