%0 Journal Article
%T Carbon Dioxide and Methane at a Desert Site¡ªA Case Study at Railroad Valley Playa, Nevada, USA
%A Emma L. Yates
%A Kathleen Schiro
%A Max Lowenstein
%A Edwin J. Sheffner
%A Laura T. Iraci
%A Jovan M. Tadi£¿
%A Akihiko Kuze
%J Atmosphere
%D 2011
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/atmos2040702
%X Ground based in-situ measurements of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) at the dry lakebed at Railroad Valley (RRV) playa, Nevada, USA (38¡ã30.234¡ä N, 115¡ã41.604¡ä W, elevation 1437 m) were conducted over a five day period from 20¨C25 June 2010. The playa is a flat, desert site with virtually no vegetation, an overall size of 15 km ¡Á 15 km and is approximately 110 km south-west of the nearest city, Ely (elevation 1962 m, inhabitants 4000). The measurements were taken in support of the vicarious calibration experiment to validate column-averaged dry air mole fractions of CO 2 and CH 4 (X CO2 and X CH4) retrieved from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) which was launched in January 2009. This work reports on ground-based in-situ measurements of CO 2 and CH 4 from RRV playa and describes comparisons made between in-situ data and X CO2 and X CH4 from GOSAT.
%K CO2
%K CH4
%K playa
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/2/4/702