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Uncertainty estimates for 1-h averaged turbulence fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat and sensible heat Cover

Uncertainty estimates for 1-h averaged turbulence fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat and sensible heat

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Language: English
Page range: 87 - 99
Submitted on: Apr 17, 1989
Accepted on: Nov 9, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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