Articles | Volume 14, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10601-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10601-2014
Research article
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09 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2014

Systematic satellite observations of the impact of aerosols from passive volcanic degassing on local cloud properties

S. K. Ebmeier, A. M. Sayer, R. G. Grainger, T. A. Mather, and E. Carboni

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