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Original Articles

Transport of SF6 and 14CO2 in the atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM4

Erik KjellströmDepartment of Meteorology, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden;Correspondence[email protected].
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Johann FeichterMax-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany;
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Georg HoffmanLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, DSM, Orme des Merisiers, Bat. 703, piece 22 C.E. Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Y vette Cedex, France
Pages 1-18 | Received 23 Jul 1998, Accepted 09 Jun 1999, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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