Articles | Volume 16, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9805-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9805-2016
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04 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 04 Aug 2016

Fluorescent biological aerosol particle measurements at a tropical high-altitude site in southern India during the southwest monsoon season

A. E. Valsan, R. Ravikrishna, C. V. Biju, C. Pöhlker, V. R. Després, J. A. Huffman, U. Pöschl, and S. S. Gunthe

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