Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-219-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-219-2019
Research article
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07 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 07 Jan 2019

Synergistic effect of water-soluble species and relative humidity on morphological changes in aerosol particles in the Beijing megacity during severe pollution episodes

Xiaole Pan, Baozhu Ge, Zhe Wang, Yu Tian, Hang Liu, Lianfang Wei, Siyao Yue, Itsushi Uno, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tomoaki Nishizawa, Atsushi Shimizu, Pingqing Fu, and Zifa Wang

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