Decadal trends of atmospheric methane in East Asia from 1991 to 2013

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 293-298

  Kim, Hak Sung ^a   Chung, Yong S ^a   Tans, Pieter P ^b   Dlugokencky, Edward J ^b  

^a Korea Centre for Atmospheric Environment Research   (South Korea)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual growth rate difference from MLO; Atmospheric CH4; Decadal trend; The East Asian monitoring sites

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; METHANE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84930081947     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-015-0331-x     Document Type: Article

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