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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7199-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7199-2013
Research article
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30 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2013

Identifying the sources driving observed PM2.5 temporal variability over Halifax, Nova Scotia, during BORTAS-B

M. D. Gibson, J. R. Pierce, D. Waugh, J. S. Kuchta, L. Chisholm, T. J. Duck, J. T. Hopper, S. Beauchamp, G. H. King, J. E. Franklin, W. R. Leaitch, A. J. Wheeler, Z. Li, G. A. Gagnon, and P. I. Palmer

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