Preliminary study of atmospheric carbon dioxide in a glacial area of the Qilian Mountains, west China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 485-490

  Li, Chuanjin ^a   Zhou, Lingxi ^b   Qin, Dahe ^a   Liu, Lixin ^b   Qin, Xiang ^a   Wang, Zebin ^c   Ren, Jiawen ^a  

^a The State Key Laboratory of the Cryospheric Sciences The Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c Air Traffic Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Human activities; Qilian Mountains; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEST CHINA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; GLACIER; LATITUDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84908567749     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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