"Urban Respiration" Revealed by Atmospheric O2 Measurements in an Industrial Metropolis

Xiaoyue Liu1, Jianping Huang2,3, Li Wang2

  • 1Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou730000, China.

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