Articles | Volume 17, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13151-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13151-2017
Research article
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07 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2017

Unveiling aerosol–cloud interactions – Part 1: Cloud contamination in satellite products enhances the aerosol indirect forcing estimate

Matthew W. Christensen, David Neubauer, Caroline A. Poulsen, Gareth E. Thomas, Gregory R. McGarragh, Adam C. Povey, Simon R. Proud, and Roy G. Grainger

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