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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12481-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12481-2013
Research article
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20 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2013

Airborne observations and modeling of springtime stratosphere-to-troposphere transport over California

E. L. Yates, L. T. Iraci, M. C. Roby, R. B. Pierce, M. S. Johnson, P. J. Reddy, J. M. Tadić, M. Loewenstein, and W. Gore

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