Size and composition measurements of background aerosol and new particle growth in a Finnish forest during QUEST 2 using an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-327

  Allan, James D ^a,b   Alfarra, M R ^a,g   Bower, K N ^a   Coe, H ^a   Jayne, J T ^c   Worsnop, D R ^c   Aalto, P P ^d   Kulmala, M ^d   Hyotylainen T ^d   Cavalli, F ^e   Laaksonen, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Distributed Institute for Atmospheric Composition   (United Kingdom)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645636983     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-315-2006     Document Type: Article

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