Articles | Volume 14, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8647-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8647-2014
Research article
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26 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2014

New-particle formation, growth and climate-relevant particle production in Egbert, Canada: analysis from 1 year of size-distribution observations

J. R. Pierce, D. M. Westervelt, S. A. Atwood, E. A. Barnes, and W. R. Leaitch

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