Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9019-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9019-2016
Research article
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22 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 22 Jul 2016

Los Angeles megacity: a high-resolution land–atmosphere modelling system for urban CO2 emissions

Sha Feng, Thomas Lauvaux, Sally Newman, Preeti Rao, Ravan Ahmadov, Aijun Deng, Liza I. Díaz-Isaac, Riley M. Duren, Marc L. Fischer, Christoph Gerbig, Kevin R. Gurney, Jianhua Huang, Seongeun Jeong, Zhijin Li, Charles E. Miller, Darragh O'Keeffe, Risa Patarasuk, Stanley P. Sander, Yang Song, Kam W. Wong, and Yuk L. Yung

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