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8 - Greenhouse Gases, Atmosphere, and Climates

from Part III - Climates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Chadwick Dearing Oliver  and
Fatma Arf Oliver
Chadwick Dearing Oliver
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Yale University, Connecticut
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Global Resources and the Environment , pp. 103 - 115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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