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A comparison of the transport of long-lived atmospheric trace gas species from two advection schemes incorporated into an atmospheric general circulation model Cover

A comparison of the transport of long-lived atmospheric trace gas species from two advection schemes incorporated into an atmospheric general circulation model

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|Jan 2007

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Language: English
Page range: 685 - 697
Submitted on: Oct 18, 2006
Accepted on: May 22, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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