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Impact of desert dust on new particle formation events and the cloud condensation nuclei budget in dust-influenced areas
Juan Andrés Casquero-Vera
Daniel Pérez-Ramírez
Hassan Lyamani
Fernando Rejano
Andrea Casans
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Nikos Kalivitis
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Mansour A. Alghamdi
Veli-Matti Kerminen
Andrés Alastuey
Tuukka Petäjä
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
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