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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-2411-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-2411-2014
Research article
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08 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2014

Retrieval of aerosol optical depth over land surfaces from AVHRR data

L. L. Mei, Y. Xue, A. A. Kokhanovsky, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, G. de Leeuw, and J. P. Burrows

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