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Long-term measurements of cloud droplet concentrations and aerosol–cloud interactions in continental boundary layer clouds Cover

Long-term measurements of cloud droplet concentrations and aerosol–cloud interactions in continental boundary layer clouds

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20138 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 20138 - 20138
Submitted on: Nov 26, 2012
Accepted on: Aug 27, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
aerosol–cloud interaction,
cloud droplet number concentration,
aerosol,
cloud droplet effective radius

© 2013 Irshad Ahmad, Tero Mielonen, Daniel P. Grosvenor, Harri J. Portin, Antti Arola, Santtu Mikkonen, Thomas Kühn, Ari Leskinen, Jorma Joutsensaari, Mika Komppula, Kari E. J. Lehtinen, Ari Laaksonen, Sami Romakkaniemi, published by Stockholm University Press
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