Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-1011-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-1011-2013
Research article
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24 Jan 2013
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2013

Effect of aerosols and NO2 concentration on ultraviolet actinic flux near Mexico City during MILAGRO: measurements and model calculations

G. G. Palancar, B. L. Lefer, S. R. Hall, W. J. Shaw, C. A. Corr, S. C. Herndon, J. R. Slusser, and S. Madronich

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