Articles | Volume 11, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9643-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-9643-2011
Research article
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16 Sep 2011
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2011

Biological residues define the ice nucleation properties of soil dust

F. Conen, C. E. Morris, J. Leifeld, M. V. Yakutin, and C. Alewell

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