Articles | Volume 7, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-701-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-701-2014
Research article
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04 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 04 Mar 2014

The Spectral Aerosol Extinction Monitoring System (SǼMS): setup, observational products, and comparisons

A. Skupin, A. Ansmann, R. Engelmann, H. Baars, and T. Müller

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