Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-1733-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-1733-2013
Research article
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15 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 15 Feb 2013

A numerical study of aerosol influence on mixed-phase stratiform clouds through modulation of the liquid phase

G. de Boer, T. Hashino, G. J. Tripoli, and E. W. Eloranta

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