Simultaneous HTDMA and HR-ToF-AMS measurements at the HKUST supersite in Hong Kong in 2011

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9864-9883

  Yeung, Ming Chee ^a   Lee, Berto P ^a   Li, Yong Jie ^a,b   Chan, Chak K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907545275     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021146     Document Type: Article

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