Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12547-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12547-2015
Research article
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10 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 10 Nov 2015

Ice nucleating particles at a coastal marine boundary layer site: correlations with aerosol type and meteorological conditions

R. H. Mason, M. Si, J. Li, C. Chou, R. Dickie, D. Toom-Sauntry, C. Pöhlker, J. D. Yakobi-Hancock, L. A. Ladino, K. Jones, W. R. Leaitch, C. L. Schiller, J. P. D. Abbatt, J. A. Huffman, and A. K. Bertram

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