Articles | Volume 14, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8055-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8055-2014
Research article
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13 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2014

Ambient measurements of biological aerosol particles near Killarney, Ireland: a comparison between real-time fluorescence and microscopy techniques

D. A. Healy, J. A. Huffman, D. J. O'Connor, C. Pöhlker, U. Pöschl, and J. R. Sodeau

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