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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7961-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7961-2013
Research article
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19 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 19 Aug 2013

WRF-Chem simulations in the Amazon region during wet and dry season transitions: evaluation of methane models and wetland inundation maps

V. Beck, C. Gerbig, T. Koch, M. M. Bela, K. M. Longo, S. R. Freitas, J. O. Kaplan, C. Prigent, P. Bergamaschi, and M. Heimann

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