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Long-term variations of the mole fraction and carbon isotope ratio of atmospheric methane observed at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard from 1996 to 2013 Cover

Long-term variations of the mole fraction and carbon isotope ratio of atmospheric methane observed at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard from 1996 to 2013

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|Jan 2017

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Language: English
Page range: 1380497 - 1380497
Submitted on: Apr 13, 2017
Accepted on: Sep 12, 2017
Published on: Jan 1, 2017
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2017 Shinji Morimoto, Ryo Fujita, Shuji Aoki, Daisuke Goto, Takakiyo Nakazawa, published by Stockholm University Press
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