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Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

  1. M. Rigby1,
  2. R. G. Prinn1,
  3. P. J. Fraser2,
  4. P. G. Simmonds3,
  5. R. L. Langenfelds2,
  6. J. Huang1,
  7. D. M. Cunnold4,
  8. L. P. Steele2,
  9. P. B. Krummel2,
  10. R. F. Weiss5,
  11. S. O'Doherty3,
  12. P. K. Salameh5,
  13. H. J. Wang4,
  14. C. M. Harth5,
  15. J. Mühle5,
  16. L. W. Porter6

Article first published online: 20 NOV 2008

DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036037

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Rigby, M., et al. (2008), Renewed growth of atmospheric methane, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22805, doi:10.1029/2008GL036037.

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  1. 1

    Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  2. 2

    Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia

  3. 3

    School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

  4. 4

    School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

  5. 5

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA

  6. 6

    Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  1. 7 December 2007

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  1. Issue published online: 20 NOV 2008
  2. Article first published online: 20 NOV 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 OCT 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 17 SEP 2008

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