Articles | Volume 21, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11689-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11689-2021
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06 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 06 Aug 2021

In situ observation of new particle formation (NPF) in the tropical tropopause layer of the 2017 Asian monsoon anticyclone – Part 1: Summary of StratoClim results

Ralf Weigel, Christoph Mahnke, Manuel Baumgartner, Antonis Dragoneas, Bärbel Vogel, Felix Ploeger, Silvia Viciani, Francesco D'Amato, Silvia Bucci, Bernard Legras, Beiping Luo, and Stephan Borrmann

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