Articles | Volume 13, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12495-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12495-2013
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20 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2013

Characteristics of regional new particle formation in urban and regional background environments in the North China Plain

Z. B. Wang, M. Hu, J. Y. Sun, Z. J. Wu, D. L. Yue, X. J. Shen, Y. M. Zhang, X. Y. Pei, Y. F. Cheng, and A. Wiedensohler

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