Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-381-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-381-2014
Research article
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28 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2014

A full greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities

R. Valentini, A. Arneth, A. Bombelli, S. Castaldi, R. Cazzolla Gatti, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, E. Grieco, J. Hartmann, M. Henry, R. A. Houghton, M. Jung, W. L. Kutsch, Y. Malhi, E. Mayorga, L. Merbold, G. Murray-Tortarolo, D. Papale, P. Peylin, B. Poulter, P. A. Raymond, M. Santini, S. Sitch, G. Vaglio Laurin, G. R. van der Werf, C. A. Williams, and R. J. Scholes

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