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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1037-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1037-2014
Research article
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21 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 21 Feb 2014

Eddy-covariance flux errors due to biases in gas concentration measurements: origins, quantification and correction

G. Fratini, D. K. McDermitt, and D. Papale

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