Articles | Volume 21, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16745-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16745-2021
Measurement report
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18 Nov 2021
Measurement report |  | 18 Nov 2021

Measurement report: Comparison of airborne, in situ measured, lidar-based, and modeled aerosol optical properties in the central European background – identifying sources of deviations

Sebastian Düsing, Albert Ansmann, Holger Baars, Joel C. Corbin, Cyrielle Denjean, Martin Gysel-Beer, Thomas Müller, Laurent Poulain, Holger Siebert, Gerald Spindler, Thomas Tuch, Birgit Wehner, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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