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Analysis of tropospheric ozone and carbon monoxide profiles over South America based on MOZAIC/IAGOS database and model simulations Cover

Analysis of tropospheric ozone and carbon monoxide profiles over South America based on MOZAIC/IAGOS database and model simulations

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|Jan 2015

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Language: English
Page range: 27884 - 27884
Submitted on: Mar 16, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 21, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2015 Marcia A. Yamasoe, Bastien Sauvage, Valerie Thouret, Philippe Nédélec, Eric Le Flochmoen, Brice Barret, published by Stockholm University Press
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