Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5885-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5885-2018
Research article
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24 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 24 Oct 2018

ChAMBRe: a new atmospheric simulation chamber for aerosol modelling and bio-aerosol research

Dario Massabò, Silvia Giulia Danelli, Paolo Brotto, Antonio Comite, Camilla Costa, Andrea Di Cesare, Jean François Doussin, Federico Ferraro, Paola Formenti, Elena Gatta, Laura Negretti, Maddalena Oliva, Franco Parodi, Luigi Vezzulli, and Paolo Prati

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