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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2577-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2577-2013
Research article
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07 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2013

Retrieval of desert dust aerosol vertical profiles from IASI measurements in the TIR atmospheric window

S. Vandenbussche, S. Kochenova, A. C. Vandaele, N. Kumps, and M. De Mazière

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