Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-3497-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-3497-2015
Research article
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31 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 31 Mar 2015

Aerosol processing and CCN formation of an intense Saharan dust plume during the EUCAARI 2008 campaign

N. Bègue, P. Tulet, J. Pelon, B. Aouizerats, A. Berger, and A. Schwarzenboeck

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