The contribution of fungal spores and bacteria to regional and global aerosol number and ice nucleation immersion freezing rates

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 9051-9059

  Spracklen, D V ^a   Heald, C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 84906872160     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-9051-2014     Document Type: Article

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