Variability of sub-micrometer particle number size distributions and concentrations in the Western Mediterranean regional background

Michael Cusack; Noemí Pérez; Jorge Pey; Alfred Wiedensohler; Andrés Alastuey; Xavier Querol

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19243

Variability of sub-micrometer particle number size distributions and concentrations in the Western Mediterranean regional background

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Michael Cusack, Noemí Pérez, Jorge Pey, Alfred Wiedensohler, Andrés Alastuey and Xavier Querol

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19243 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Jul 31, 2012

Accepted on: Jan 22, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

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Keywords:

Western Mediterranean,

sub-micrometer particle size distribution,

number concentration,

nucleation,

photochemistry

© 2013 Michael Cusack, Noemí Pérez, Jorge Pey, Alfred Wiedensohler, Andrés Alastuey, Xavier Querol, published by Stockholm University Press
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