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A national landfill methane budget for Sweden based on field measurements, and an evaluation of IPCC models Cover

A national landfill methane budget for Sweden based on field measurements, and an evaluation of IPCC models

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Language: English
Page range: 424 - 435
Submitted on: Oct 8, 2007
Accepted on: Oct 30, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 Gunnar Börjesson, Jerker Samuelsson, Jeffrey Chanton, Rolf Adolfsson, Bo Galle, Bo H. Svensson, published by Stockholm University Press
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