Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10061-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10061-2014
Research article
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22 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 22 Sep 2014

Size distribution, mixing state and source apportionment of black carbon aerosol in London during wintertime

D. Liu, J. D. Allan, D. E. Young, H. Coe, D. Beddows, Z. L. Fleming, M. J. Flynn, M. W. Gallagher, R. M. Harrison, J. Lee, A. S. H. Prevot, J. W. Taylor, J. Yin, P. I. Williams, and P. Zotter

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