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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11997-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-11997-2012
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18 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2012

Size distributions and temporal variations of biological aerosol particles in the Amazon rainforest characterized by microscopy and real-time UV-APS fluorescence techniques during AMAZE-08

J. A. Huffman, B. Sinha, R. M. Garland, A. Snee-Pollmann, S. S. Gunthe, P. Artaxo, S. T. Martin, M. O. Andreae, and U. Pöschl

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