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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14931-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-14931-2022
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23 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 23 Nov 2022

The Urmia playa as a source of airborne dust and ice-nucleating particles – Part 2: Unraveling the relationship between soil dust composition and ice nucleation activity

Nikou Hamzehpour, Claudia Marcolli, Kristian Klumpp, Debora Thöny, and Thomas Peter

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