Articles | Volume 13, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11595-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11595-2013
Research article
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29 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2013

Chemical composition and hygroscopic properties of aerosol particles over the Aegean Sea

S. Bezantakos, K. Barmpounis, M. Giamarelou, E. Bossioli, M. Tombrou, N. Mihalopoulos, K. Eleftheriadis, J. Kalogiros, J. D. Allan, A. Bacak, C. J. Percival, H. Coe, and G. Biskos

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