Articles | Volume 13, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6151-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6151-2013
Research article
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01 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2013

High concentrations of biological aerosol particles and ice nuclei during and after rain

J. A. Huffman, A. J. Prenni, P. J. DeMott, C. Pöhlker, R. H. Mason, N. H. Robinson, J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky, Y. Tobo, V. R. Després, E. Garcia, D. J. Gochis, E. Harris, I. Müller-Germann, C. Ruzene, B. Schmer, B. Sinha, D. A. Day, M. O. Andreae, J. L. Jimenez, M. Gallagher, S. M. Kreidenweis, A. K. Bertram, and U. Pöschl

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