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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3437-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3437-2023
Research article
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11 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2023

Aerosol optical depth retrieval from the EarthCARE Multi-Spectral Imager: the M-AOT product

Nicole Docter, Rene Preusker, Florian Filipitsch, Lena Kritten, Franziska Schmidt, and Jürgen Fischer

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