Greenhouse gases from satellite -- Part 1: CO2
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O. Schneising, M. Buchwitz, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, M. Reuter, J. Notholt, R. Macatangay, and T. Warneke Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany Received: 25 January 2008 – Accepted: 7 February 2008 – Published: 18 March 2008 Correspondence to: M. Buchwitz ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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