Articles | Volume 18, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18187-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18187-2018
Research article
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21 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2018

Satellite-based estimate of the variability of warm cloud properties associated with aerosol and meteorological conditions

Yuqin Liu, Jiahua Zhang, Putian Zhou, Tao Lin, Juan Hong, Lamei Shi, Fengmei Yao, Jun Wu, Huadong Guo, and Gerrit de Leeuw

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