Articles | Volume 14, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8105-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8105-2014
Research article
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13 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2014

Aerosol hygroscopicity parameter derived from the light scattering enhancement factor measurements in the North China Plain

J. Chen, C. S. Zhao, N. Ma, and P. Yan

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