Chemical composition and hygroscopic properties of aerosol particles over the Aegean Sea

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11595-11608

  Bezantakos, S ^a,b   Barmpounis, K ^c   Giamarelou, M ^a   Bossioli, E ^d   Tombrou, M ^d   Mihalopoulos, N ^e   Eleftheriadis, K ^b   Kalogiros, J ^f   Allan, J D ^g   Bacak, A ^g   Percival, C J ^g   Coe, H ^g   Biskos, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84900870916     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11595-2013     Document Type: Article

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