Articles | Volume 12, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11975-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11975-2012
Research article
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17 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2012

On recent (2008–2012) stratospheric aerosols observed by lidar over Japan

O. Uchino, T. Sakai, T. Nagai, K. Nakamae, I. Morino, K. Arai, H. Okumura, S. Takubo, T. Kawasaki, Y. Mano, T. Matsunaga, and T. Yokota

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