Size distributions of atmospheric ions inside clouds and in cloud-free air at a remote continental site

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Lihavainen, Heikki ^a   Komppula, Mika ^a   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a   Järvinen, Heikki ^a   Viisanen, Yrjö ^a   Lehtinen, Kari ^a   Vana, Marko ^b,c   Kulmala, Markku ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

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