Atmospheric measurement of point source fossil CO2 emissions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5001-5014

  Turnbull, J C ^a,b   Keller, E D ^a   Baisden, T ^a   Brailsford, G ^c   Bromley, T ^c   Norris, M ^a   Zondervan, A ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84901207735     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5001-2014     Document Type: Article

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