CH4 continuous measurements in the upper Spanish plateau

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2823-2834

  Sánchez, M Luisa ^a   García, M Ángeles ^a   Pérez, Isidro A ^a   Pardo, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Background levels; Climate change; Diurnal and seasonal cycles; Influence of anthropogenic sources; Methane concentrations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREE RADICALS; RURAL AREAS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES; SEASONAL CYCLE;

METHANE;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LANDFILL; METHANE; PLATEAU; PLUME; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; PLATEAU; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPECTROSCOPY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS; WIND;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN; VALLADOLID [CASTILLA Y LEON];

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; SPAIN; WIND;

EID: 84898842438     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3583-7     Document Type: Article

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