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Air pollution and precipitation suppression over SE Australia: critical review of evidence presented by Rosenfeld (2000) and Rosenfeld (2006)

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 61 (2009): Issue 4
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|Jan 2009
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00433.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 685 - 693
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2008
Accepted on: Mar 4, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2009 Greg Ayers, published by Stockholm University Press
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