Measurements of humidified particle number size distributions in a Finnish boreal forest: Derivation of hygroscopic particle growth factors

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-480

  Birmili, Wolfram ^a   Schwirn, Kathrin ^a   Nowak, Andreas ^a   Petäjä, Tuukka ^b   Joutsensaari, Jorma ^c   Rose, Diana ^a   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^a   Hämeri, Kaarle ^b   Aalto, Pasi ^b   Kulmala, Markku ^b   Boy, Michael ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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