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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9173-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9173-2021
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16 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 16 Jun 2021

Mixing state of refractory black carbon aerosol in the South Asian outflow over the northern Indian Ocean during winter

Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Mukunda Madhab Gogoi, Vijayakumar S. Nair, Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Dantong Liu, Michael J. Flynn, and Hugh Coe

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