Articles | Volume 16, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12753-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12753-2016
Research article
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13 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 13 Oct 2016

Temporal and spectral cloud screening of polar winter aerosol optical depth (AOD): impact of homogeneous and inhomogeneous clouds and crystal layers on climatological-scale AODs

Norman T. O'Neill, Konstantin Baibakov, Sareh Hesaraki, Liviu Ivanescu, Randall V. Martin, Chris Perro, Jai P. Chaubey, Andreas Herber, and Thomas J. Duck

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