Articles | Volume 16, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8141-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8141-2016
Research article
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06 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2016

New insight into the spatiotemporal variability and source apportionments of C1–C4 alkyl nitrates in Hong Kong

Zhenhao Ling, Hai Guo, Isobel Jane Simpson, Sandra Maria Saunders, Sean Ho Man Lam, Xiaopu Lyu, and Donald Ray Blake

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