Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9269-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9269-2013
Research article
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16 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2013

Aerosol loading in the Southeastern United States: reconciling surface and satellite observations

B. Ford and C. L. Heald

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