Articles | Volume 20, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15037-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15037-2020
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04 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2020

The potential role of organics in new particle formation and initial growth in the remote tropical upper troposphere

Agnieszka Kupc, Christina J. Williamson, Anna L. Hodshire, Jan Kazil, Eric Ray, T. Paul Bui, Maximilian Dollner, Karl D. Froyd, Kathryn McKain, Andrew Rollins, Gregory P. Schill, Alexander Thames, Bernadett B. Weinzierl, Jeffrey R. Pierce, and Charles A. Brock

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