Aerosol-cirrus interactions: A number based phenomenon at all?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-305

  Seifert, M ^a   Strom J ^a   Krejci, R ^a   Minikin, A ^b   Petzold, A ^b   Gayet, J F ^c   Schlager, H ^b   Ziereis, H ^b   Schumann, U ^b   Ovarlez, J ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 3242730519     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-293-2004     Document Type: Article

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