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In situ aerosol characterization at Cape Verde: Part 1: Particle number size distributions, hygroscopic growth and state of mixing of the marine and Saharan dust aerosol Cover

In situ aerosol characterization at Cape Verde: Part 1: Particle number size distributions, hygroscopic growth and state of mixing of the marine and Saharan dust aerosol

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 63 (2011): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00569.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 531 - 548
Submitted on: Nov 2, 2010
Accepted on: Jun 7, 2011
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2011 Alexander Schladitz, Thomas Müller, Andreas Nowak, Konrad Kandler, Kirsten Lieke, Andreas Massling, Alfred Wiedensohler, published by Stockholm University Press
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