Area fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide derived from airborne measurements around Greater London: A case study during summer 2012

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4940-4952

  O’Shea, Sebastian J ^a   Allen, Grant ^a   Fleming, Zoë L ^b   Bauguitte, Stephane J B ^c   Percival, Carl J ^a   Gallagher, Martin W ^a   Lee, James ^d   Helfter, Carole ^e   Nemitz, Eiko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLUXES; METHANE; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; MASS BUDGET; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SURFACE OBSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; URBAN; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRACE GAS; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84900525080     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021269     Document Type: Article

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