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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-8833-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-8833-2013
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05 Sep 2013
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Black carbon in the Arctic: the underestimated role of gas flaring and residential combustion emissions

A. Stohl, Z. Klimont, S. Eckhardt, K. Kupiainen, V. P. Shevchenko, V. M. Kopeikin, and A. N. Novigatsky

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