Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6829-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6829-2018
Research article
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16 May 2018
Research article |  | 16 May 2018

Characterization of organic nitrogen in aerosols at a forest site in the southern Appalachian Mountains

Xi Chen, Mingjie Xie, Michael D. Hays, Eric Edgerton, Donna Schwede, and John T. Walker

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