Patterns in airborne pollen and other primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP), and their contribution to aerosol mass and number in a boreal forest

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 383-405

  Manninen, Hanna E ^a,b   Sihto Nissilä, Sanna Liisa ^a   Hiltunen, Veijo ^a   Aalto, Pasi P ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^a   Petäjä, Tuukka ^a   Bäck, Jaana ^a   Hari, Pertti ^a   Huffman, J Alex ^c,d   Saarto, Annika ^e   Pessi, Anna Mari ^e   Hidalgo, Pablo J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

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