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Original Articles

Estimation of the direct radiative forcing due to sulfate and soot aerosols

Gunnar MyhreDepartment of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Norway;
,
Frode StordalAlso at Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway
,
Knut RestadDepartment of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Norway;
&
Ivar S. A. IsaksenDepartment of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Norway;
Pages 463-477 | Received 13 Nov 1997, Accepted 17 Jun 1998, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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