Variations in global methane sources and sinks during 1910-2010

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2595-2612

  Ghosh, A ^a,b   Patra, P K ^b,c   Ishijima, K ^b   Umezawa, T ^c,d   Ito, A ^b,e   Etheridge, D M ^f   Sugawara, S ^g   Kawamura, K ^a,b   Miller, J B ^h,i   Dlugokencky, E J ^h   Krummel, P B ^f   Fraser, P J ^f   Steele, L P ^f   Langenfelds, R L ^f   Trudinger, C M ^f   White, J W C ⁱ   Vaughn, B ⁱ   Saeki, T ^b   Aoki, S ^c   Nakazawa, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

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

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE CORE; METHANE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84924389989     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-2595-2015     Document Type: Article

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