Articles | Volume 13, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9479-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9479-2013
Research article
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26 Sep 2013
Research article |  | 26 Sep 2013

Quantitative determination of carbonaceous particle mixing state in Paris using single-particle mass spectrometer and aerosol mass spectrometer measurements

R. M. Healy, J. Sciare, L. Poulain, M. Crippa, A. Wiedensohler, A. S. H. Prévôt, U. Baltensperger, R. Sarda-Estève, M. L. McGuire, C.-H. Jeong, E. McGillicuddy, I. P. O'Connor, J. R. Sodeau, G. J. Evans, and J. C. Wenger

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