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Toward a greenhouse equivalence index: The total exposure analogy

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  1. Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, 96848, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

    Kirk R. Smith

  2. The Bruce Company, Suite 215, 1100 6th St., S.W., 20024, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

    Dilip R. Ahuja

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Smith, K.R., Ahuja, D.R. Toward a greenhouse equivalence index: The total exposure analogy. Climatic Change 17, 1–7 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00148996

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