Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5577-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5577-2022
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27 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2022

The impact of temperature inversions on black carbon and particle mass concentrations in a mountainous area

Kristina Glojek, Griša Močnik, Honey Dawn C. Alas, Andrea Cuesta-Mosquera, Luka Drinovec, Asta Gregorič, Matej Ogrin, Kay Weinhold, Irena Ježek, Thomas Müller, Martin Rigler, Maja Remškar, Dominik van Pinxteren, Hartmut Herrmann, Martina Ristorini, Maik Merkel, Miha Markelj, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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