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State of mixing, shape factor, number size distribution, and hygroscopic growth of the Saharan anthropogenic and mineral dust aerosol at Tinfou, Morocco Cover

State of mixing, shape factor, number size distribution, and hygroscopic growth of the Saharan anthropogenic and mineral dust aerosol at Tinfou, Morocco

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 61 (2009): Issue 1
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|Jan 2009
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00388.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 51 - 63
Submitted on: Feb 6, 2008
Accepted on: Aug 18, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2009 N. Kaaden, A. Massling, A. Schladitz, T. Müller, K. Kandler, L. Schütz, B. Weinzierl, A. Petzold, M. Tesche, S. Leinert, C. Deutscher, M. Ebert, S. Weinbruch, A. Wiedensohler, published by Stockholm University Press
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