Comparison of modelled and observed Arctic denitrification
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3-D microphysical model studies of Arctic denitrification: comparison with observations S. Davies, G. W. Mann, K. S. Carslaw, M. P. Chipperfield, J. A. Kettleborough, M. L. Santee, H. Oelhaf, G. Wetzel, Y. Sasano, and T. Sugita Institute for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and the Environment, University of Leeds, UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxford, UK Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
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