Stable atmospheric methane in the 2000s: Key-role of emissions from natural wetlands

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 11609-11623

  Pison, I ^a   Ringeval, B ^a,b,c,d,h   Bousquet, P ^a   Prigent, C ^e   Papa, F ^f,g  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^h BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; METHANE; WETLAND;

AMAZON BASIN;

PINATUBO;

EID: 84890063751     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11609-2013     Document Type: Article

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