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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-5831-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-5831-2013
Research article
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14 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 14 Jun 2013

Black carbon physical properties and mixing state in the European megacity Paris

M. Laborde, M. Crippa, T. Tritscher, Z. Jurányi, P. F. Decarlo, B. Temime-Roussel, N. Marchand, S. Eckhardt, A. Stohl, U. Baltensperger, A. S. H. Prévôt, E. Weingartner, and M. Gysel

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