Road-side measurements of aerosol and ion number size distributions: A comparison with remote site measurements

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-321

  Tiitta, Petri ^a   Miettinen, Pasi ^a   Vaattovaara, Petri ^a   Laaksonen, Ari ^a,c   Joutsensaari, Jorma ^a   Hirsikko, Anne ^b   Aalto, Pasi ^b   Kulmala, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 34547381107     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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