Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4515-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4515-2013
Research article
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02 May 2013
Research article |  | 02 May 2013

A pervasive and persistent Asian dust event over North America during spring 2010: lidar and sunphotometer observations

P. Cottle, K. Strawbridge, I. McKendry, N. O'Neill, and A. Saha

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