Nitrous oxide emissions 1999 to 2009 from a global atmospheric inversion

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1801-1817

  Thompson, R L ^a   Chevallier, F ^b   Crotwell, A M ^c,k   Dutton, G ^c   Langenfelds, R L ^d   Prinn, R G ^e   Weiss, R F ^f   Tohjima, Y ^g   Nakazawa, T ^h   Krummel, P B ^d   Steele, L P ^d   Fraser, P ^d   O'Doherty, S ⁱ   Ishijima, K ^j   Aoki, S ⁱ  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

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

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^h TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84894029276     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1801-2014     Document Type: Article

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