Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-4369-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-4369-2014
Research article
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05 May 2014
Research article |  | 05 May 2014

Aerosol variability and atmospheric transport in the Himalayan region from CALIOP 2007–2010 observations

S. Bucci, C. Cagnazzo, F. Cairo, L. Di Liberto, and F. Fierli

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