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25 Jun 2015
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On the competition among aerosol number, size and composition in predicting CCN variability: a multi-annual field study in an urbanized desert
E. Crosbie
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
J.-S. Youn
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
B. Balch
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
A. Wonaschütz
University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna, Austria
T. Shingler
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Z. Wang
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
W. C. Conant
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
E. A. Betterton
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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