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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1939-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1939-2015
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24 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 24 Feb 2015

Increasing concentrations of dichloromethane, CH2Cl2, inferred from CARIBIC air samples collected 1998–2012

Emma C. Leedham Elvidge, D. E. Oram, J. C. Laube, A. K. Baker, S. A. Montzka, S. Humphrey, D. A. O'Sullivan, and C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer

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