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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7429-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7429-2013
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A decadal satellite analysis of the origins and impacts of smoke in Colorado

M. Val Martin, C. L. Heald, B. Ford, A. J. Prenni, and C. Wiedinmyer

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