Airborne emission measurements over a megacity
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Emissions of volatile organic compounds inferred from airborne flux measurements over a megacity T. Karl, E. Apel, A. Hodzic, D. Riemer, D. Blake, and C. Wiedinmyer National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA Received: 24 June 2008 – Accepted: 24 June 2008 – Published: 25 July 2008 Correspondence to: T. Karl ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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