Articles | Volume 16, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11899-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11899-2016
Research article
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23 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 23 Sep 2016

Molecular composition of organic aerosols in central Amazonia: an ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry study

Ivan Kourtchev, Ricardo H. M. Godoi, Sarah Connors, James G. Levine, Alex T. Archibald, Ana F. L. Godoi, Sarah L. Paralovo, Cybelli G. G. Barbosa, Rodrigo A. F. Souza, Antonio O. Manzi, Roger Seco, Steve Sjostedt, Jeong-Hoo Park, Alex Guenther, Saewung Kim, James Smith, Scot T. Martin, and Markus Kalberer

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