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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10769-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10769-2013
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Heterogeneous formation of polar stratospheric clouds – Part 2: Nucleation of ice on synoptic scales

I. Engel, B. P. Luo, M. C. Pitts, L. R. Poole, C. R. Hoyle, J.-U. Grooß, A. Dörnbrack, and T. Peter

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