Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-1751-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-1751-2013
Research article
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15 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 15 Feb 2013

Long-term observations of aerosol size distributions in semi-clean and polluted savannah in South Africa

V. Vakkari, J. P. Beukes, H. Laakso, D. Mabaso, J. J. Pienaar, M. Kulmala, and L. Laakso

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