Ice nucleation active particles are efficiently removed by precipitating clouds

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Stopelli, Emiliano ^a   Conen, Franz ^a   Morris, Cindy E ^b   Herrmann, Erik ^c   Bukowiecki, Nicolas ^c   Alewell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INRA   (France)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84946724410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16433     Document Type: Article

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