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Observation of atmospheric nitrous acid with DOAS in Beijing, China

Min Qin1, Pin-Hua Xie, Wen-Qing Liu

  • 1Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China. mqin@aiofm.ac.cn

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
|January 7, 2010
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