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Ultrafine particles over Eastern Australia: an airborne survey Cover

Ultrafine particles over Eastern Australia: an airborne survey

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.25308 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 25308 - 25308
Submitted on: Jun 26, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 30, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
power station,
emission,
coal,
aerosol,
precipitation,
regional climate impact

© 2015 Wolfgang Junkermann, Jorg M. Hacker, published by Stockholm University Press
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