Articles | Volume 13, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-8739-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-8739-2013
Research article
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03 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 03 Sep 2013

Evaluating the degree of oxygenation of organic aerosol during foggy and hazy days in Hong Kong using high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometry (HR-ToF-AMS)

Y. J. Li, B. Y. L. Lee, J. Z. Yu, N. L. Ng, and C. K. Chan

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