Hygroscopic and chemical characterisation of Po Valley aerosol

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1557-1570

  Bialek, J ^a   Dall Osto, M ^a   Vaattovaara, P ^b   Decesari, S ^c   Ovadnevaite, J ^a   Laaksonen, A ^d   O'Dowd, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 84894063682     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1557-2014     Document Type: Article

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