Dimethyl sulfide control of the clean summertime Arctic aerosol and cloud

Elementa

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  Leaitch, W Richard ^a   Sharma, Sangeeta ^a   Huang, Lin ^a   Toom Sauntry, Desiree ^a   Chivulescu, Alina ^a   Macdonald, Anne Marie ^a   Von Salzen, Knut ^a   Pierce, Jeffrey R ^b   Bertram, Allan K ^c   Schroder, Jason C ^c   Shantz, Nicole C ^d   Chang, Rachel Y W ^e   Norman, Ann Lise ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d AIRZONE ONE LTD   (Canada)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84913592092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000017     Document Type: Article

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