Observational constraints on the distribution, seasonality, and environmental predictors of North American boreal methane emissions

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-160

  Miller, Scot M ^a   Worthy, Doug E J ^b   Michalak, Anna M ^c   Wofsy, Steven C ^a   Kort, Eric A ^d   Havice, Talya C ^a   Andrews, Arlyn E ^e   Dlugokencky, Edward J ^e   Kaplan, Jed O ^f   Levi, Patricia J ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^g   Zhang, Bowen ^g  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boreal wetlands; geostatistical inverse model; Methane fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BOREAL WETLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; INVERSE MODELING; METHANE FLUXES; WETLAND DISTRIBUTION;

METHANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOREAL FOREST; EMISSION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 84894470885     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004580     Document Type: Article

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