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Measurements of carbon dioxide on very tall towers: results of the NOAA/CMDL program

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 50 (1998): Issue 5
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|Jan 1998
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v50i5.16216 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 401 - 415
Submitted on: Mar 16, 1998
Accepted on: Jun 22, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1998 Peter S. Bakwin, Pieter P. Tans, Dale F. Hurst, Conglong Zhao, published by Stockholm University Press
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