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Impact of aerosol on post-frontal convective clouds over Germany Cover

Impact of aerosol on post-frontal convective clouds over Germany

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.22528 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 22528 - 22528
Submitted on: Aug 5, 2013
Accepted on: Jun 3, 2014
Published on: Jan 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
aerosol–cloud interaction,
precipitation,
natural aerosol,
anthropogenic aerosol,
regional modelling

© 2014 Daniel Rieger, Max Bangert, Christoph Kottmeier, Heike Vogel, Bernhard Vogel, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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