Organic acids as cloud condensation nuclei: Laboratory studies of highly soluble and insoluble species

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-520

  Pradeep Kumar, P ^a,b   Broekhuizen, K ^a   Abbatt, J P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

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EID: 71049151164     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-3-509-2003     Document Type: Article

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