Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14709-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14709-2017
Research article
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11 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 11 Dec 2017

The observed influence of local anthropogenic pollution on northern Alaskan cloud properties

Maximilian Maahn, Gijs de Boer, Jessie M. Creamean, Graham Feingold, Greg M. McFarquhar, Wei Wu, and Fan Mei

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