Measurements of greenhouse gases and related tracers at Bialystok tall tower station in Poland

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-427

  Popa, M E ^a,b   Gloor, M ^a,c   Manning, A C ^a,d   Jordan, A ^a   Schultz, U ^a   Haensel, F ^a   Seifert, T ^a   Heimann, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77950399671     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-407-2010     Document Type: Article

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