Time and space variations of the O2/N2 ratio in the troposphere over Japan and estimation of the global CO2 budget for the period 2000–2010

Shigeyuki Ishidoya; Shuji Aoki; Daisuke Goto; Takakiyo Nakazawa; Shoichi Taguchi; Prabir k. Patra

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18964

Time and space variations of the O2/N2 ratio in the troposphere over Japan and estimation of the global CO2 budget for the period 2000–2010

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Shigeyuki Ishidoya, Shuji Aoki, Daisuke Goto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Shoichi Taguchi and Prabir k. Patra

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Language: English

Page range: 18964 - 18964

Submitted on: Dec 1, 2011

Accepted on: May 26, 2012

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

O2/N2 ratio over Japan,

Atmospheric Potential Oxygen (APO),

Simulation of APO in the free troposphere,

Terrestrial biospheric CO₂ uptake,

Oceanic CO₂ uptake

© 2012 Shigeyuki Ishidoya, Shuji Aoki, Daisuke Goto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Shoichi Taguchi, Prabir k. Patra, published by Stockholm University Press
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