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Can we evaluate a fine-grained emission model using high-resolution atmospheric transport modelling and regional fossil fuel CO2 observations? Cover

Can we evaluate a fine-grained emission model using high-resolution atmospheric transport modelling and regional fossil fuel CO2 observations?

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.18681 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 18681 - 18681
Submitted on: May 3, 2012
Accepted on: Feb 8, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
fossil fuel CO2,
14CO2,
carbon isotopes,
high-resolution modeling,
anthropogenic emissions

© 2013 Felix R. Vogel, Balendra Thiruchittampalam, Jochen Theloke, Roberto Kretschmer, Christoph Gerbig, Samuel Hammer, Ingeborg Levin, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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