Articles | Volume 11, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9631-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9631-2011
Research article
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16 Sep 2011
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2011

Using boundary layer equilibrium to reduce uncertainties in transport models and CO2 flux inversions

I. N. Williams, W. J. Riley, M. S. Torn, J. A. Berry, and S. C. Biraud

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