Articles | Volume 14, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11633-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11633-2014
Research article
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06 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2014

Observations of rapid aerosol optical depth enhancements in the vicinity of polluted cumulus clouds

T. F. Eck, B. N. Holben, J. S. Reid, A. Arola, R. A. Ferrare, C. A. Hostetler, S. N. Crumeyrolle, T. A. Berkoff, E. J. Welton, S. Lolli, A. Lyapustin, Y. Wang, J. S. Schafer, D. M. Giles, B. E. Anderson, K. L. Thornhill, P. Minnis, K. E. Pickering, C. P. Loughner, A. Smirnov, and A. Sinyuk

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