Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-721-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-721-2018
Research article
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07 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2018

Airborne remote sensing and in situ measurements of atmospheric CO2 to quantify point source emissions

Thomas Krings, Bruno Neininger, Konstantin Gerilowski, Sven Krautwurst, Michael Buchwitz, John P. Burrows, Carsten Lindemann, Thomas Ruhtz, Dirk Schüttemeyer, and Heinrich Bovensmann

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