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Continuous measurements of methane from a tower network over Siberia

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|Jan 2010

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Language: English
Page range: 403 - 416
Submitted on: Dec 28, 2009
Accepted on: Jul 6, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2010 M. Sasakawa, K. Shimoyama, T. Machida, N. Tsuda, H. Suto, M. Arshinov, D. Davydov, A. Fofonov, O. Krasnov, T. Saeki, Y. Koyama, S. Maksyutov, published by Stockholm University Press
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