A new evaluation of the uncertainty associated with CDIAC estimates of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission

Robert J. Andres; Thomas A. Boden; David Higdon

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.23616

A new evaluation of the uncertainty associated with CDIAC estimates of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Robert J. Andres, Thomas A. Boden and David Higdon

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.23616 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 23616 - 23616

Submitted on: Dec 18, 2013

Accepted on: May 28, 2014

Published on: Jan 1, 2014

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

climate change,

carbon cycle,

uncertainty analysis

© 2014 Robert J. Andres, Thomas A. Boden, David Higdon, published by Stockholm University Press
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