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On the Changing Role of the Stratosphere on the Tropospheric Ozone Budget: 1979–2010. / Griffiths, P. T.; Keeble, J.; Shin, Y. M. et al.
In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 47, No. 10, e2019GL086901, 28.05.2020.

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Griffiths, PT, Keeble, J, Shin, YM, Abraham, NL, Archibald, AT & Pyle, JA 2020, 'On the Changing Role of the Stratosphere on the Tropospheric Ozone Budget: 1979–2010', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, no. 10, e2019GL086901. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086901

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Griffiths, P. T., Keeble, J., Shin, Y. M., Abraham, N. L., Archibald, A. T., & Pyle, J. A. (2020). On the Changing Role of the Stratosphere on the Tropospheric Ozone Budget: 1979–2010. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(10), Article e2019GL086901. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086901

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Griffiths PT, Keeble J, Shin YM, Abraham NL, Archibald AT, Pyle JA. On the Changing Role of the Stratosphere on the Tropospheric Ozone Budget: 1979–2010. Geophysical Research Letters. 2020 May 28;47(10):e2019GL086901. Epub 2020 Mar 28. doi: 10.1029/2019GL086901

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Griffiths, P. T. ; Keeble, J. ; Shin, Y. M. et al. / On the Changing Role of the Stratosphere on the Tropospheric Ozone Budget : 1979–2010. In: Geophysical Research Letters. 2020 ; Vol. 47, No. 10.

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