Spectral dependence of aerosol light absorption over the Amazon Basin
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L. V. Rizzo, A. L. Correia, P. Artaxo, A. S. Procópio, and M. O. Andreae Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutics Sciences, Department of Earth and Exact Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department, Mainz, Germany
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