Ion production rate in a boreal forest based on ion, particle and radiation measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1933-1943

  Laakso, L ^a   Petaja T ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a   Kulmala, M ^a   Paatero, J ^b   Horrak, U ^c   Tammet, H ^c   Joutsensaari, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 7244231221     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-1933-2004     Document Type: Article

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