Variations of tropospheric methane over Japan during 1988–2010

Taku Umezawa; Daisuke Goto; Shuji Aoki; Kentaro Ishijima; Prabir K. Patra; Satoshi Sugawara; Shinji Morimoto; Takakiyo Nakazawa

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.23837

Variations of tropospheric methane over Japan during 1988–2010

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Taku Umezawa, Daisuke Goto, Shuji Aoki, Kentaro Ishijima, Prabir K. Patra, Satoshi Sugawara, Shinji Morimoto and Takakiyo Nakazawa

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.23837 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Jan 17, 2014

Accepted on: Apr 27, 2014

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Keywords:

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aircraft observation,

atmospheric chemistry transport model

© 2014 Taku Umezawa, Daisuke Goto, Shuji Aoki, Kentaro Ishijima, Prabir K. Patra, Satoshi Sugawara, Shinji Morimoto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, published by Stockholm University Press
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