Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-81-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-81-2014
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03 Jan 2014
Research article |  | 03 Jan 2014

Aerosol impacts on California winter clouds and precipitation during CalWater 2011: local pollution versus long-range transported dust

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