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Simulation of the transport of Rn222 using on-line and off-line global models at different horizontal resolutions: a detailed comparison with measurements Cover

Simulation of the transport of Rn222 using on-line and off-line global models at different horizontal resolutions: a detailed comparison with measurements

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 51 (1999): Issue 3
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|Jan 1999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v51i3.16440 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 573 - 602
Submitted on: Jan 9, 1998
Accepted on: Aug 25, 1998
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1999 Frank Dentener, Johann Feichter, AD Jeuken, published by Stockholm University Press
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