A 156 kyr smoothed history of the atmospheric greenhouse gases CO2, CH4, and N2O and their radiative forcing

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 363-387

  Köhler, Peter ^a   Nehrbass Ahles, Christoph ^b   Schmitt, Jochen ^b   Stocker, Thomas F ^b   Fischer, Hubertus ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85021107001     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-9-363-2017     Document Type: Article

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