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Spectral particle absorption coefficients, single scattering albedos and imaginary parts of refractive indices from ground based in situ measurements at Cape Verde Island during SAMUM-2 Cover

Spectral particle absorption coefficients, single scattering albedos and imaginary parts of refractive indices from ground based in situ measurements at Cape Verde Island during SAMUM-2

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Language: English
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Submitted on: Dec 20, 2010
Accepted on: Jun 9, 2011
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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