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An overview of the Lagrangian experiments undertaken during the North Atlantic regional Aerosol Characterisation Experiment (ACE-2) Cover

An overview of the Lagrangian experiments undertaken during the North Atlantic regional Aerosol Characterisation Experiment (ACE-2)

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|Jan 2000

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Language: English
Page range: 290 - 320
Submitted on: Feb 19, 1999
Accepted on: Sep 22, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 2000
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2000 Doug W. Johnson, Simon Osborne, Robert Wood, Karsten Suhre, Randy Johnson, Steven Businger, Patricia K. Quinn, Alfred Wiedensohler, Philip A. Durkee, Lynn M. Russell, Meinrat O. Andreae, Colin O’Dowd, Kevin J. Noone, Brian Bandy, J. Rudolph, Spyros Rapsomanikis, published by Stockholm University Press
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