Research Unit of Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change: Overview of recent results

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-477

  Kulmala, Markku ^a   Hari, Pertti ^a   Laaksonen, Ari ^b   Vesala, Timo ^a   Viisanen, Yrjö ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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