Characterisation of organic contaminants in the CLOUD chamber at CERN

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2159-2168

  Schnitzhofer, R ^a   Metzger, A ^b   Breitenlechner, M ^a   Jud, W ^a   Heinritzi, M ^a   De Menezes, L P ^c   Duplissy, J ^c,e   Guida, R ^c   Haider, S ^c   Kirkby, J ^c   Mathot, S ^c   Minginette, P ^c   Onnela, A ^c   Walther, H ^d   Wasem, A ^c   Hansel, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84904632714     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-2159-2014     Document Type: Article

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