Articles | Volume 12, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11795-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11795-2012
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17 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2012

Analysis of secondary organic aerosol formation and aging using positive matrix factorization of high-resolution aerosol mass spectra: application to the dodecane low-NOx system

J. S. Craven, L. D. Yee, N. L. Ng, M. R. Canagaratna, C. L. Loza, K. A. Schilling, R. L. N. Yatavelli, J. A. Thornton, P. J. Ziemann, R. C. Flagan, and J. H. Seinfeld

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