Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1123-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1123-2019
Research article
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22 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2019

An improved method for mobile characterisation of δ13CH4 source signatures and its application in Germany

Antje Hoheisel, Christiane Yeman, Florian Dinger, Henrik Eckhardt, and Martina Schmidt

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