Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1657-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1657-2015
Research article
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07 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 07 Apr 2015

How well do tall-tower measurements characterize the CO2 mole fraction distribution in the planetary boundary layer?

L. Haszpra, Z. Barcza, T. Haszpra, Zs. Pátkai, and K. J. Davis

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