Atmospheric variability of methane over Pakistan, Afghanistan and adjoining areas using retrievals from SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-173

  ul Haq, Zia ^a   Tariq, Salman ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CH4; EDGAR; Global warming; Satellite remote sensing; SCIAMACHY ENVISAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; EDGAR; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY; SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84946575353     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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