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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-777-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-777-2013
Research article
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19 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 19 Mar 2013

Technical Note: A novel rocket-based in situ collection technique for mesospheric and stratospheric aerosol particles

W. Reid, P. Achtert, N. Ivchenko, P. Magnusson, T. Kuremyr, V. Shepenkov, and G. Tibert

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