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25 Jul 2008
Applicability of condensation particle counters to measure atmospheric clusters
M. Sipilä
also at: Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
K. Lehtipalo
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
M. Kulmala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
T. Petäjä
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
now at: Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory, Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
H. Junninen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
P. P. Aalto
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
H. E. Manninen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
E.-M. Kyrö
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
E. Asmi
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
I. Riipinen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
J. Curtius
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, J. Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
now at: Institute for Atmosphere and Environment, J. W. Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A. Kürten
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany
now at: Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
S. Borrmann
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, J. Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Particle Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany
C. D. O'Dowd
School of Physics & Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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