Black carbon emissions from in-use ships: A California regional assessment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1881-1896

  Buffaloe, G M ^a   Lack, D A ^b,c   Williams, E J ^b,c   Coffman, D ^b   Hayden, K L ^d   Lerner, B M ^b,c   Li, S M ^d   Nuaaman, I ^d,e   Massoli, P ^f   Onasch, T B ^f   Quinn, P K ^b   Cappa, C D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

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EID: 84894226925     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1881-2014     Document Type: Article

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