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Data availability
Atmospheric CO2 measurements data used in this study are available from the Global Environmental Dataset of the Center for Global Environmental Research at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (https://db.cger.nies.go.jp/portal/geds/atmosphericAndOceanicMonitoring?lang=eng).
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The primary codes used in this study are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21931560.v2.
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Tang, R., He, B. Reply to: Autumn cooling paused increased net CO2 release in central Eurasia. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01626-3
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