Articles | Volume 14, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10785-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10785-2014
Research article
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14 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2014

Microphysical properties of synoptic-scale polar stratospheric clouds: in situ measurements of unexpectedly large HNO3-containing particles in the Arctic vortex

S. Molleker, S. Borrmann, H. Schlager, B. Luo, W. Frey, M. Klingebiel, R. Weigel, M. Ebert, V. Mitev, R. Matthey, W. Woiwode, H. Oelhaf, A. Dörnbrack, G. Stratmann, J.-U. Grooß, G. Günther, B. Vogel, R. Müller, M. Krämer, J. Meyer, and F. Cairo

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