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Aerosol physical properties and processes in the lower marine boundary layer: a comparison of shipboard sub-micron data from ACE-1 and ACE-2 Cover

Aerosol physical properties and processes in the lower marine boundary layer: a comparison of shipboard sub-micron data from ACE-1 and ACE-2

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|Jan 2000

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Language: English
Page range: 258 - 272
Submitted on: Jan 28, 1999
Accepted on: Sep 23, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 2000
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2000 Timothy S. Bates, Patricia K. Quinn, David S. Covert, Derek J. Coffman, James E. Johnson, Alfred Wiedensohler, published by Stockholm University Press
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