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Observations of atmospheric variability and soil exhalation rate of radon-222 at a Russian forest site: Technical approach and deployment for boundary layer studies Cover

Observations of atmospheric variability and soil exhalation rate of radon-222 at a Russian forest site: Technical approach and deployment for boundary layer studies

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|Jan 2002

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Language: English
Page range: 462 - 475
Submitted on: Jul 9, 2001
Accepted on: Apr 22, 2002
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2002 I. Levin, M. Born, M. Cuntz, U. Langendörfer, S. Mantsch, T. Naegler, M. Schmidt, A. Varlagin, S. Verclas, D. Wagenbach, published by Stockholm University Press
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