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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1959-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1959-2014
Research article
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20 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2014

Characteristics of Arctic low-tropospheric humidity inversions based on radio soundings

T. Nygård, T. Valkonen, and T. Vihma

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