CO2, CO, and CH4 measurements from tall towers in the NOAA earth system research laboratory's global greenhouse gas reference network: Instrumentation, uncertainty analysis, and recommendations for future high-accuracy greenhouse gas monitoring efforts

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 647-687

  Andrews, A E ^a   Kofler, J D ^a,b   Trudeau, M E ^a,b,c   Williams, J C ^a,d   Neff, D H ^a,b   Masarie, K A ^a   Chao, D Y ^a,b   Kitzis, D R ^a,b   Novelli, P C ^a   Zhao, C L ^a,b   Dlugokencky, E J ^a   Lang, P M ^a   Crotwell, M J ^a,b   Fischer, M L ^e   Parker, M J ^f,g   Lee, J T ^h   Baumann, D D ⁱ   Desai, A R ^j   Stanier, C O ^k   De Wekker, S F J ^l   Wolfe, D E ^a   Munger, J W ^m   Tans, P P ^a   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Department of Energy Savannah River Site   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

ⁱ US Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^k IA United States   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^m HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LABORATORY METHOD; METHANE; NOAA SATELLITE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTELEMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896872277     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-647-2014     Document Type: Article

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