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Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3575-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3575-2023
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23 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 23 Mar 2023

Local and remote climate impacts of future African aerosol emissions

Christopher D. Wells, Matthew Kasoar, Nicolas Bellouin, and Apostolos Voulgarakis

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