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Original Articles

Observations and modelling of the global distribution and long-term trend of atmospheric 14CO2

Ingeborg LevinInstitut f¨ur Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;Correspondence[email protected]
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Tobias NaeglerInstitut f¨ur Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
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Bernd KromerInstitut f¨ur Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;;Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Moritz DiehlInterdiszipliares Zentrum für wissenschaftliches Rechnen (IWR), University of Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Roger FranceyCentre for Australian Weather and Climate Research / CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR), Private Bag No. 1, Aspendale, Victoria 3195, Australia
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Angel Gomez-PelaezIzana Atmospheric Research Center, Meteorological State Agency of Spain (AEMET), C/ La Marina, 20, Planta 6, 38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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Paul SteeleCentre for Australian Weather and Climate Research / CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR), Private Bag No. 1, Aspendale, Victoria 3195, Australia
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Dietmar WagenbachInstitut f¨ur Umweltphysik, University of Heidelberg, INF 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
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Rolf WellerAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, D-27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Douglas WorthyEnvironment Canada, Climate Research Division / CCMR, 4905 Dufferin St., Toronto, ON M3H 5T4, Canada
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Pages 26-46 | Received 21 May 2009, Accepted 09 Oct 2009, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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