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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9917-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9917-2013
Research article
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08 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2013

Impact of transport model errors on the global and regional methane emissions estimated by inverse modelling

R. Locatelli, P. Bousquet, F. Chevallier, A. Fortems-Cheney, S. Szopa, M. Saunois, A. Agusti-Panareda, D. Bergmann, H. Bian, P. Cameron-Smith, M. P. Chipperfield, E. Gloor, S. Houweling, S. R. Kawa, M. Krol, P. K. Patra, R. G. Prinn, M. Rigby, R. Saito, and C. Wilson

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