A study on carbon dioxide concentrations and carbon isotopes measured in East Asia during 1991-2011

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-179

  Kim, Hak Sung ^a   Chung, Yong Seung ^a   Tans, Pieter P ^b  

^a Korea Centre for Atmospheric Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual growth rate; Carbon dioxide; Isotope; Seasonal variation; The East Asian region

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL FUEL; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

CHINA; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KOREA; MAUNA LOA; MONGOLIA; QINGHAI; RYORI; TOHOKU; UNITED STATES; WALIGUAN MOUNTAIN;

EID: 84901687529     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-014-0246-y     Document Type: Article

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