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Saharan dust absorption and refractive index from aircraft-based observations during SAMUM 2006

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 61 (2009): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00383.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 118 - 130
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2007
Accepted on: Jul 29, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2009 Andreas Petzold, Katharina Rasp, Bernadett Weinzierl, Michael Esselborn, Thomas Hamburger, Andreas Dörnbrac, Konrad Kandler, Lothar Schütz, Peter Knippertz, Markus Fiebig, Aki Virkkula, published by Stockholm University Press
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