The sensitivity of deduced CO2 sources and sinks to variations in transport and imposed surface concentrations

Rachel Law; Ian Simmonds

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v48i5.15935

The sensitivity of deduced CO2 sources and sinks to variations in transport and imposed surface concentrations

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 48 (1996): Issue 5

By: Rachel Law and Ian Simmonds

Open Access

|Jan 1996

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