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13 Jul 2015
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| 13 Jul 2015
The relationship between cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentration and light extinction of dried particles: indications of underlying aerosol processes and implications for satellite-based CCN estimates
Y. Shinozuka
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NASA Ames Research Center Cooperative for Research in Earth Science and Technology, Moffett Field, California, USA
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, USA
A. D. Clarke
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A. Jefferson
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
R. Wood
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
C. S. McNaughton
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Golder Associates Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
J. Ström
Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
P. Tunved
Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
J. Redemann
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA
K. L. Thornhill
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Hampton, Virginia, USA
R. H. Moore
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
T. L. Lathem
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Phillips 66 Research Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
J. J. Lin
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Y. J. Yoon
Korea Polar Research Institute, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, Korea
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