Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5147-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5147-2019
Research article
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16 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 16 Apr 2019

Characterization of organic aerosols from a Chinese megacity during winter: predominance of fossil fuel combustion

Md. Mozammel Haque, Kimitaka Kawamura, Dhananjay K. Deshmukh, Cao Fang, Wenhuai Song, Bao Mengying, and Yan-Lin Zhang

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