Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1733-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1733-2021
Research article
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03 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2021

Performance of open-path GasFinder3 devices for CH4 concentration measurements close to ambient levels

Christoph Häni, Marcel Bühler, Albrecht Neftel, Christof Ammann, and Thomas Kupper

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