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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-99-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-99-2013
Research article
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14 Jan 2013
Research article |  | 14 Jan 2013

Improving Langley calibrations by reducing diurnal variations of aerosol Ångström parameters

A. Kreuter, S. Wuttke, and M. Blumthaler

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