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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-921-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-921-2019
Research article
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11 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2019

Aerosol optical depth retrievals in central Amazonia from a multi-filter rotating shadow-band radiometer calibrated on-site

Nilton E. Rosário, Thamara Sauini, Theotonio Pauliquevis, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Marcia A. Yamasoe, and Boris Barja

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