Fingerprints of the urban particle number size distribution in Helsinki, Finland: Local versus regional characteristics

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Hussein, Tareq ^a,b   Mølgaard, Bjarke ^a   Hannuniemi, Hanna ^c   Martikainen, Jyrki ^a   Järvi, Leena ^a   Wegner, Tobias ^d,e   Ripamonti, Giovanna ^f   Weber, Stephan ^d   Vesala, Timo ^a   Hämeri, Kaarle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 84893542415     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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