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Tropospheric methane in northern Finland: seasonal variations, transport patterns and correlations with other trace gases Cover

Tropospheric methane in northern Finland: seasonal variations, transport patterns and correlations with other trace gases

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 59 (2007): Issue 2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00248.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 251 - 259
Submitted on: Aug 10, 2006
Accepted on: Jan 8, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 Tuula Aalto, Juha Hatakka, Marko Lallo, published by Stockholm University Press
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