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Original Articles

Aircraft Instrument for Comprehensive Characterization of Aerosol Optical Properties, Part I: Wavelength-Dependent Optical Extinction and Its Relative Humidity Dependence Measured Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy

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Pages 1305-1318 | Received 13 Feb 2011, Accepted 19 May 2011, Published online: 04 Jul 2011

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