Winter to spring transition and diurnal variation of VOCs in Finland at an urban background site and a rural site

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-103

  Patokoski, Johanna ^a   Ruuskanen, Taina M ^a   Hellén, Heidi ^b   Taipale, Risto ^a   Grönholm, Tiia ^a   Kajos, Maija K ^a   Petäjä, Tuukka ^a   Hakola, Hannele ^b   Kulmala, Markku ^a   Rinne, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Institute FMFinnish Meteorological   (Finland)

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