Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1909-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1909-2014
Research article
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18 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 18 Feb 2014

Chemical composition, main sources and temporal variability of PM1 aerosols in southern African grassland

P. Tiitta, V. Vakkari, P. Croteau, J. P. Beukes, P. G. van Zyl, M. Josipovic, A. D. Venter, K. Jaars, J. J. Pienaar, N. L. Ng, M. R. Canagaratna, J. T. Jayne, V.-M. Kerminen, H. Kokkola, M. Kulmala, A. Laaksonen, D. R. Worsnop, and L. Laakso

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