Primary sources control the variability of aerosol optical properties in the Antarctic Peninsula

Eija Asmi; Kimmo Neitola; Kimmo Teinilä; Edith Rodriguez; Aki Virkkula; John Backman; Matthew Bloss; Jesse Jokela; Heikki Lihavainen; Gerrit De Leeuw; Jussi Paatero; Veijo Aaltonen; Miguel Mei; Gonzalo Gambarte; Gustavo Copes; Marco Albertini; Germán Pérez Fogwill; Jonathan Ferrara; María Elena Barlasina; Ricardo Sánchez

doi:10.1080/16000889.2017.1414571

Primary sources control the variability of aerosol optical properties in the Antarctic Peninsula

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 70 (2018): Issue 1

By: Eija Asmi, Kimmo Neitola, Kimmo Teinilä, Edith Rodriguez, Aki Virkkula, John Backman, Matthew Bloss, Jesse Jokela, Heikki Lihavainen, Gerrit De Leeuw, Jussi Paatero, Veijo Aaltonen, Miguel Mei, Gonzalo Gambarte, Gustavo Copes, Marco Albertini, Germán Pérez Fogwill, Jonathan Ferrara, María Elena Barlasina and Ricardo Sánchez

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© 2018 Eija Asmi, Kimmo Neitola, Kimmo Teinilä, Edith Rodriguez, Aki Virkkula, John Backman, Matthew Bloss, Jesse Jokela, Heikki Lihavainen, Gerrit De Leeuw, Jussi Paatero, Veijo Aaltonen, Miguel Mei, Gonzalo Gambarte, Gustavo Copes, Marco Albertini, Germán Pérez Fogwill, Jonathan Ferrara, María Elena Barlasina, Ricardo Sánchez, published by Stockholm University Press
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