Seasonal climatology of CO2 across north america from aircraft measurements in the NOAA/ESRL global greenhouse gas reference network

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5155-5190

  Sweeney, Colm ^a,b   Karion, Anna ^a,b   Wolter, Sonja ^a,b   Newberger, Timothy ^a,b   Guenther, Doug ^a,b   Higgs, Jack A ^b   Andrews, Arlyn Elyzabeth ^b   Lang, Patricia M ^b   Neff, Don ^a,b   Dlugokencky, Edward ^b   Miller, John B ^a,b   Montzka, Stephen A ^b   Miller, Ben R ^a   Masarie, Ken Alan ^b   Biraud, Sebastien Christophe ^c   Novelli, Paul C ^b   Crotwell, Molly ^a   Crotwell, Andrew M ^a,b   Thoning, Kirk ^b   Tans, Pieter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GOSAT; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOAA SATELLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUND;

BOULDER; COLORADO; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932088364     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022591     Document Type: Article

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