Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-861-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-861-2016
Research article
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26 Jan 2016
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2016

Spatial evaluation of volcanic ash forecasts using satellite observations

N. J. Harvey and H. F. Dacre

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