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Original Articles

Study of CO surface pollution in Europe based on observations and nested-grid applications of GEOS-CHEM global chemical transport model

Anna ProtonotariouNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physics, Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Build. Phys. V, University Campus, Zografou, 157 84, Athens, Greece
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Maria TombrouNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physics, Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Build. Phys. V, University Campus, Zografou, 157 84, Athens, Greece
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Christos GiannakopoulosInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, V. Pavlou and Metaxa Str., GR-15236 Palaia Pendeli, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Effie KostopoulouInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, V. Pavlou and Metaxa Str., GR-15236 Palaia Pendeli, Athens, Greece
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Philipp Le SagerDivision of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA/Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
Pages 209-227 | Received 29 Jul 2009, Accepted 17 May 2010, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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