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Observation of regional new particle formation in the urban atmosphere Cover

Observation of regional new particle formation in the urban atmosphere

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|Jan 2008

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Language: English
Page range: 509 - 521
Submitted on: Nov 5, 2007
Accepted on: Apr 7, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 Tareq Hussein, Jyrki Martikainen, Heikki Junninen, Larisa Sogacheva, Robert Wagner, Miikka Dal Maso, Ilona Riipinen, Pasi P. Aalto, Markku Kulmala, published by Stockholm University Press
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