Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4723-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4723-2013
Research article
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07 May 2013
Research article |  | 07 May 2013

Mixing state of individual submicron carbon-containing particles during spring and fall seasons in urban Guangzhou, China: a case study

G. Zhang, X. Bi, L. Li, L. Y. Chan, M. Li, X. Wang, G. Sheng, J. Fu, and Z. Zhou

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