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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9577-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9577-2013
Research article
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27 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2013

Heterogeneous formation of polar stratospheric clouds – Part 1: Nucleation of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT)

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

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