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Atmospheric CO2 retrieved from ground-based solar spectra

Yang, Z.·Toon, G. C.·Margolis, J. S.·Wennberg, P. O.
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The column-averaged volume mixing ration of CO2 over Kitt Peak, Arizona, has been retrieved from high-resolution solar absorption spectra obtained with the fourier transform spectrometer on the McMath telescope.

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Yang, Z., Toon, G. C., Margolis, J. S., Wennberg, P. O.. 2002-01-01. Atmospheric CO2 retrieved from ground-based solar spectra. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060040304

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