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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3379-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3379-2013
Research article
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25 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 25 Mar 2013

North American acetone sources determined from tall tower measurements and inverse modeling

L. Hu, D. B. Millet, S. Y. Kim, K. C. Wells, T. J. Griffis, E. V. Fischer, D. Helmig, J. Hueber, and A. J. Curtis

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