TransCom N2O model inter-comparison - Part 2: Atmospheric inversion estimates of N2O emissions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6177-6194

  Thompson, R L ^a,b   Ishijima, K ^c   Saikawa, E ^d,e   Corazza, M ^f   Karstens, U ^g   Patra, P K ^c   Bergamaschi, P ^f   Chevallier, F ^b   Dlugokencky, E ^h   Prinn, R G ^d   Weiss, R F ⁱ   O'Doherty, S ^j   Fraser, P J ^k   Steele, L P ^k   Krummel, P B ^k   Vermeulen, A ^l   Tohjima, Y ^m   Jordan, A ^g   Haszpra, L ^n,o   Steinbacher, M ^p   Van Der Laan, S ^q,v   Aalto, T ^r   Meinhardt, F ^s   Popa, M E ^g,t   Moncrieff, J ^u   Bousquet, P ^b   more..

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^k Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^l TNO   (Netherlands)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

ⁿ HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^o INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^p SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^q UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^s UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA INVERSION; EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 84902978776     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6177-2014     Document Type: Article

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