Detection of carbon monoxide trends in the presence of interannual variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12,257-12,273

  Strode, Sarah A ^a,b   Pawson, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic emissions; carbon monoxide; trends; variability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; DETECTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TRENDS; VARIABILITY;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; TIMESCALE;

ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889796495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020258     Document Type: Article

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