Measurement of number, mass and size distribution of particles in the atmosphere

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1775, 2000, Pages 2567-2580

  Harrison, Roy M ^a   Shi, Ji Ping ^a   Xi, Shuhua ^a   Khan, Aftab ^a   Mark, David ^a   Kinnersley, Rob ^a   Yin, Jianxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Particle nucleation processes; Particle size distribution; Road traffic emissions; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346672500     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0669     Document Type: Article

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