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R Eisma1, A T Vermeulen, W M Kieskamp
1Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), P.O.Box 1, 1755ZG, Petten, The Netherlands.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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The determination of methane emissions on a regional scale is needed in order to reduce some of the uncertainties in the global methane budget. Our measurements of the concentration and the Carbon-13 isotope composition (δ(13)C) of atmospheric methane are, combined with trajectories, used to get insight in the type and size of the methane emissions of a large area.
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