Articles | Volume 13, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10171-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10171-2013
Research article
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16 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2013

Aerosol physical and chemical properties retrieved from ground-based remote sensing measurements during heavy haze days in Beijing winter

Z. Li, X. Gu, L. Wang, D. Li, Y. Xie, K. Li, O. Dubovik, G. Schuster, P. Goloub, Y. Zhang, L. Li, Y. Ma, and H. Xu

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