Atmospheric Δ14CO2 trend in Western European background air from 2000 to 2012

Ingeborg Levin; Bernd Kromer; Samuel Hammer

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20092

Atmospheric Δ14CO2 trend in Western European background air from 2000 to 2012

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Ingeborg Levin, Bernd Kromer and Samuel Hammer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20092 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 20092 - 20092

Submitted on: Nov 14, 2012

Accepted on: Feb 2, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

carbon dioxide,

radiocarbon,

clean air reference

© 2013 Ingeborg Levin, Bernd Kromer, Samuel Hammer, published by Stockholm University Press
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