Regional methane emission estimation based on observed atmospheric concentrations (2002-2012)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-113

  Patra, Prabir K ^a,b   Saeki, Tazu ^a   Dlugokencky, Edward J ^c   Ishijima, Kentaro ^a   Umezawa, Taku ^d   Ito, Akihiko ^a,d   Aoki, Shuji ^b   Morimoto, Shinji ^b   Kort, Eric A ^e   Crotwell, Andrew ^c,f   Ravi Kumar, Kunchala ^a,g   Nakazawa, Takakiyo ^b  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemistry transport model; Global and regional methane budget; Inverse model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; INVERSE PROBLEM; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CHINA;

BOS;

EID: 84961279233     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2016-006     Document Type: Article

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