Articles | Volume 19, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5605-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5605-2019
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30 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 30 Apr 2019

High efficiency of livestock ammonia emission controls in alleviating particulate nitrate during a severe winter haze episode in northern China

Zhenying Xu, Mingxu Liu, Minsi Zhang, Yu Song, Shuxiao Wang, Lin Zhang, Tingting Xu, Tiantian Wang, Caiqing Yan, Tian Zhou, Yele Sun, Yuepeng Pan, Min Hu, Mei Zheng, and Tong Zhu

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