Atmospheric constraints on the methane emissions from the East Siberian Shelf

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 4147-4157

  Berchet, Antoine ^a,h   Bousquet, Philippe ^a   Pison, Isabelle ^a   Locatelli, Robin ^a   Chevallier, Frédéric ^a   Paris, Jean Daniel ^a   Dlugokencky, Ed J ^b   Laurila, Tuomas ^c   Hatakka, Juha ^c   Viisanen, Yrjo ^c   Worthy, Doug E J ^d   Nisbet, Euan ^e   Fisher, Rebecca ^e   France, James ^e   Lowry, David ^e   Ivakhov, Viktor ^f   Hermansen, Ove ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SIBERIAN SHELF;

EID: 84962428820     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-4147-2016     Document Type: Article

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