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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-735-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-735-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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22 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 22 Jan 2018
| 22 Jan 2018
Top-down constraints on global N2O emissions at optimal resolution: application of a new dimension reduction technique
Kelley C. Wells
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Nicolas Bousserez
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Daven K. Henze
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Timothy J. Griffis
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Sreelekha Chaliyakunnel
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Eri Saikawa
Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Gao Xiang
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Ronald G. Prinn
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Simon O'Doherty
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Dickon Young
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Ray F. Weiss
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Geoff S. Dutton
Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
James W. Elkins
Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Paul B. Krummel
Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
Ray Langenfelds
Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
L. Paul Steele
Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
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This paper uses three different frameworks to derive nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions based on global surface observations. One of these frameworks employs a new approach that allows for fast computation and explores a larger solution space than other methods. Our results point to a few conclusions about the global N2O budget, including a larger contribution from tropical sources, an overestimate of natural soil emissions, and an underestimate of agricultural sources particularly in springtime.
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