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Global-scale atmosphere monitoring by in-service aircraft – current achievements and future prospects of the European Research Infrastructure IAGOS

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Language: English
Page range: 28452 - 28452
Submitted on: May 6, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 14, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2015 Andreas Petzold, Valerie Thouret, Christoph Gerbig, Andreas Zahn, Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer, Martin Gallagher, Markus Hermann, Marc Pontaud, Helmut Ziereis, Damien Boulanger, Julia Marshall, Philippe Nédélec, Herman G. J. Smit, Udo Friess, Jean-Marie Flaud, Andreas Wahner, Jean-Pierre Cammas, Andreas Volz-Thomas, IAGOS Team, published by Stockholm University Press
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