Satellite-Detected Carbon Monoxide Pollution during 2000–2012: Examining Global Trends and also Regional Anthropogenic Periods over China, the EU and the USA
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data
3. Analysis
3.1. Globally Averaged CO Values
3.2. Trends in Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide: 2000–2012
3.3. Period Analysis
3.4. Periodic Changes in Measurement Frequency
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Laken BA, Shahbaz T. Satellite-Detected Carbon Monoxide Pollution during 2000–2012: Examining Global Trends and also Regional Anthropogenic Periods over China, the EU and the USA. Climate. 2014; 2(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli2010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaken, Benjamin A., and Tariq Shahbaz. 2014. "Satellite-Detected Carbon Monoxide Pollution during 2000–2012: Examining Global Trends and also Regional Anthropogenic Periods over China, the EU and the USA" Climate 2, no. 1: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli2010001