Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10249-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-10249-2014
Research article
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25 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 25 Sep 2014

Submicron aerosols at thirteen diversified sites in China: size distribution, new particle formation and corresponding contribution to cloud condensation nuclei production

J. F. Peng, M. Hu, Z. B. Wang, X. F. Huang, P. Kumar, Z. J. Wu, S. Guo, D. L. Yue, D. J. Shang, Z. Zheng, and L. Y. He

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