Articles | Volume 14, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12931-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12931-2014
Research article
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08 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 08 Dec 2014

Megacity emission plume characteristics in summer and winter investigated by mobile aerosol and trace gas measurements: the Paris metropolitan area

S.-L. von der Weiden-Reinmüller, F. Drewnick, Q. J. Zhang, F. Freutel, M. Beekmann, and S. Borrmann

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