Articles | Volume 14, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11525-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-11525-2014
Research article
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31 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 31 Oct 2014

Denitrification by large NAT particles: the impact of reduced settling velocities and hints on particle characteristics

W. Woiwode, J.-U. Grooß, H. Oelhaf, S. Molleker, S. Borrmann, A. Ebersoldt, W. Frey, T. Gulde, S. Khaykin, G. Maucher, C. Piesch, and J. Orphal

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