Changes in the concentration of reduced nitrogen in the air in Finland between 1990 and 2007

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-436

  Ruoho Airola, Tuija ^a   Leppänen, Sirkka ^a   Makkonen, Ulla ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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