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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-3109-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-3109-2012
Research article
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21 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2012

Long-term continuous atmospheric CO2 measurements at Baring Head, New Zealand

G. W. Brailsford, B. B. Stephens, A. J. Gomez, K. Riedel, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, S. E. Nichol, and M. R. Manning

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