Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3177-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3177-2013
Research article
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18 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2013

Investigating relationships between aerosol optical depth and cloud fraction using satellite, aerosol reanalysis and general circulation model data

B. S. Grandey, P. Stier, and T. M. Wagner

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