Articles | Volume 14, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-7617-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-7617-2014
Research article
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30 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2014

Comparison of surface and column measurements of aerosol scattering properties over the western North Atlantic Ocean at Bermuda

R. P. Aryal, K. J. Voss, P. A. Terman, W. C. Keene, J. L. Moody, E. J. Welton, and B. N. Holben

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