Methane emissions from Alaska in 2012 from CARVE airborne observations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 16694-16699

  Chang, Rachel Y W ^a,f   Miller, Charles E ^b   Dinardo, Steven J ^b   Karion, Anna ^c,d   Sweeney, Colm ^c,d   Daube, Bruce C ^a   Henderson, John M ^e   Mountain, Marikate E ^e   Eluszkiewicz, Janusz ^e   Miller, John B ^c,d   Bruhwiler, Lori M P ^c   Wofsy, Steven C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Boreal; Methane; Tundra

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; FORECASTING; GROWING SEASON; MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WETLAND;

EID: 84912060272     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412953111     Document Type: Article

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