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How small is a small cloud?
I. Koren
Department of Environmental Sciences Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
L. Oreopoulos
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
G. Feingold
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
L. A. Remer
Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
O. Altaratz
Department of Environmental Sciences Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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