Articles | Volume 13, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7395-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-7395-2013
Research article
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01 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 01 Aug 2013

Changes in particulate matter physical properties during Saharan advections over Rome (Italy): a four-year study, 2001–2004

G. P. Gobbi, F. Angelini, F. Barnaba, F. Costabile, J. M. Baldasano, S. Basart, R. Sozzi, and A. Bolignano

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