Measurements in a highly polluted Asian mega city: Observations of aerosol number size distribution, modal parameters and nucleation events

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-66

  Monkkonen P ^a   Koponen, I K ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a   Hameri K ^a,b   Uma, R ^c   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 14844304680     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-57-2005     Document Type: Article

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