Impacts of source regions and atmospheric transport  on physical properties of black carbon and   tracer ratios over the Yellow Sea: evidence from multi-seasonal airborne observations

Yu, Naki; Yoo, Hee-Jung; Oh, Sangmin; Choi, Yongjoo; Lee, Sunran; Kim, Sumin; Lim, Saehee

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Impacts of source regions and atmospheric transport on physical properties of black carbon and tracer ratios over the Yellow Sea: evidence from multi-seasonal airborne observations

Naki Yu, Hee-Jung Yoo, Sangmin Oh, Yongjoo Choi, Sunran Lee, Sumin Kim, and Saehee Lim

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