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On the complexity of the boundary layer structure and aerosol vertical distribution in the coastal Mediterranean regions: a case study Cover

On the complexity of the boundary layer structure and aerosol vertical distribution in the coastal Mediterranean regions: a case study

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Jan 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.27721 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 27721 - 27721
Submitted on: Feb 25, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
aerosol number concentration,
airborne measurements,
coastal areas,
in situ vertical profile,
mid-tropospheric air intrusion,
high-resolution back-trajectory,
ultrafine particles,
boundary layer

© 2015 Giandomenico Pace, Wolfgang Junkermann, Lina Vitali, Alcide Di Sarra, Daniela Meloni, Marco Cacciani, Giuseppe Cremona, Anna Maria Iannarelli, Gabriele Zanini, published by Stockholm University Press
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