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Organic aerosol concentration and composition over Europe: insights from comparison of regional model predictions with aerosol mass spectrometer factor analysis
C. Fountoukis
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Patras, Greece
A. G. Megaritis
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
K. Skyllakou
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
P. E. Charalampidis
Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece
C. Pilinis
Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece
H. A. C. Denier van der Gon
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Utrecht, the Netherlands
M. Crippa
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI Villigen, Switzerland
now at: EC Joint Research Centre (JRC), Inst. Environment & Sustainability, Via Fermi, Ispra, Italy
F. Canonaco
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI Villigen, Switzerland
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
A. S. H. Prévôt
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI Villigen, Switzerland
J. D. Allan
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
L. Poulain
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
T. Petäjä
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
P. Tiitta
Department of Applied Physics, Univ. of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Department of Environmental Science, Univ. of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
S. Carbone
Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
A. Kiendler-Scharr
Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung: Troposphäre (IEK 8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
E. Nemitz
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QB, UK
C. O'Dowd
School of Physics & Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
E. Swietlicki
Division of Nuclear Physics, University of Lund, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
S. N. Pandis
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
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