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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8423-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8423-2015
Research article
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28 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 28 Jul 2015

On the ability of a global atmospheric inversion to constrain variations of CO2 fluxes over Amazonia

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