Response of methane emission from arctic tundra to climatic change: results from a model simulation

T. R. Christensen; P. Cox

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v47i3.16049

Response of methane emission from arctic tundra to climatic change: results from a model simulation

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 47 (1995): Issue 3

By: T. R. Christensen and P. Cox

Open Access

|Jan 1995

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