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Radon-222 as a test of convective transport in a general circulation model Cover

Radon-222 as a test of convective transport in a general circulation model

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 42 (1990): Issue 1
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|Jan 1990
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v42i1.15196 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 118 - 134
Submitted on: Jan 2, 1989
Accepted on: Aug 1, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1990 Daniel J. Jacob, Michael J. Prather, published by Stockholm University Press
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