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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1231-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1231-2024
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29 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 29 Jan 2024

Thermal infrared observations of a western United States biomass burning aerosol plume

Blake T. Sorenson, Jeffrey S. Reid, Jianglong Zhang, Robert E. Holz, William L. Smith Sr., and Amanda Gumber

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