Articles | Volume 14, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11165-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11165-2014
Research article
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23 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2014

Hygroscopicity of organic compounds from biomass burning and their influence on the water uptake of mixed organic ammonium sulfate aerosols

T. Lei, A. Zuend, W. G. Wang, Y. H. Zhang, and M. F. Ge

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