Estimating regional fluxes of CO2 and CH4 using space-borne observations of XCH2: XCO2

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 12883-12895

  Fraser, A ^a   Palmer, P I ^a   Feng, L ^a   Bosch H ^b   Parker, R ^b   Dlugokencky, E J ^c   Krummel, P B ^d   Langenfelds, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; EOS; GOSAT; METHANE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84915819107     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-12883-2014     Document Type: Article

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