Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3657-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3657-2014
Research article
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10 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2014

Multi-decadal aerosol variations from 1980 to 2009: a perspective from observations and a global model

M. Chin, T. Diehl, Q. Tan, J. M. Prospero, R. A. Kahn, L. A. Remer, H. Yu, A. M. Sayer, H. Bian, I. V. Geogdzhayev, B. N. Holben, S. G. Howell, B. J. Huebert, N. C. Hsu, D. Kim, T. L. Kucsera, R. C. Levy, M. I. Mishchenko, X. Pan, P. K. Quinn, G. L. Schuster, D. G. Streets, S. A. Strode, O. Torres, and X.-P. Zhao

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