Estimating aerosol lifetimes and ages
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Application of the variability-size relationship to atmospheric aerosol studies: estimating aerosol lifetimes and ages J. Williams, M. de Reus, R. Krejci, H. Fischer, and J. Ström Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM), Stockholm University, Sweden Received: 12 October 2001 – Accepted: 14 November 2001 – Published: 18 January 2002 Correspondence to: J. Williams ([email protected])
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