The Finokalia Aerosol Measurement Experiment ĝ€" 2008 (FAME-08): An overview

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6793-6806

  Pikridas, M ^a,b   Bougiatioti, A ^c   Hildebrandt, L ^d   Engelhart, G J ^d   Kostenidou, E ^a,b   Mohr, C ^e   Prevot A S H ^e   Kouvarakis, G ^c   Zarmpas, P ^c   Burkhart, J F ^f   Lee, B H ^d   Psichoudaki, M ^a,b   Mihalopoulos, N ^c   Pilinis, C ^g   Stohl, A ^f   Baltensperger, U ^e   Kulmala, M ^h   Pandis, S N ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; WATER UPTAKE;

BALKANS; CRETE; EASTERN EUROPE; FINOKALIA; GREECE; LASITHI; NORTH AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 77954932443     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-6793-2010     Document Type: Article

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