Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-837-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-837-2013
Research article
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27 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2013

High accuracy measurements of dry mole fractions of carbon dioxide and methane in humid air

C. W. Rella, H. Chen, A. E. Andrews, A. Filges, C. Gerbig, J. Hatakka, A. Karion, N. L. Miles, S. J. Richardson, M. Steinbacher, C. Sweeney, B. Wastine, and C. Zellweger

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