Articles | Volume 16, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14825-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14825-2016
Research article
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29 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2016

Temporal variability and sources of VOCs in urban areas of the eastern Mediterranean

Christos Kaltsonoudis, Evangelia Kostenidou, Kalliopi Florou, Magda Psichoudaki, and Spyros N. Pandis

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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were monitored in urban backgrounds sites, in Athens and...
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