Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4693-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4693-2016
Research article
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14 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 14 Apr 2016

Quantification of black carbon mixing state from traffic: implications for aerosol optical properties

Megan D. Willis, Robert M. Healy, Nicole Riemer, Matthew West, Jon M. Wang, Cheol-Heon Jeong, John C. Wenger, Greg J. Evans, Jonathan P. D. Abbatt, and Alex K. Y. Lee

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