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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1637-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1637-2016
Research article
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11 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2016

Size-resolved measurements of ice-nucleating particles at six locations in North America and one in Europe

R. H. Mason, M. Si, C. Chou, V. E. Irish, R. Dickie, P. Elizondo, R. Wong, M. Brintnell, M. Elsasser, W. M. Lassar, K. M. Pierce, W. R. Leaitch, A. M. MacDonald, A. Platt, D. Toom-Sauntry, R. Sarda-Estève, C. L. Schiller, K. J. Suski, T. C. J. Hill, J. P. D. Abbatt, J. A. Huffman, P. J. DeMott, and A. K. Bertram

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