Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1769-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1769-2015
Research article
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19 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2015

Strong atmospheric new particle formation in winter in urban Shanghai, China

S. Xiao, M. Y. Wang, L. Yao, M. Kulmala, B. Zhou, X. Yang, J. M. Chen, D. F. Wang, Q. Y. Fu, D. R. Worsnop, and L. Wang

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