Articles | Volume 13, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6227-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6227-2013
Research article
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01 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2013

An examination of parameterizations for the CCN number concentration based on in situ measurements of aerosol activation properties in the North China Plain

Z. Z. Deng, C. S. Zhao, N. Ma, L. Ran, G. Q. Zhou, D. R. Lu, and X. J. Zhou

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