Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11351-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11351-2013
Research article
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22 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2013

Dry deposition of nitrogen compounds (NO2, HNO3, NH3), sulfur dioxide and ozone in west and central African ecosystems using the inferential method

M. Adon, C. Galy-Lacaux, C. Delon, V. Yoboue, F. Solmon, and A. T. Kaptue Tchuente

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