Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3705-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3705-2013
Research article
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04 Apr 2013
Research article |  | 04 Apr 2013

Detection and characterization of volcanic ash plumes over Lille during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption

A. Mortier, P. Goloub, T. Podvin, C. Deroo, A. Chaikovsky, N. Ajtai, L. Blarel, D. Tanre, and Y. Derimian

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