Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-199-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-199-2014
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08 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 08 Jan 2014

Field measurements of trace gases emitted by prescribed fires in southeastern US pine forests using an open-path FTIR system

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