Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1319-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1319-2021
Research article
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19 Feb 2021
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2021

Determination of equivalent black carbon mass concentration from aerosol light absorption using variable mass absorption cross section

Weilun Zhao, Wangshu Tan, Gang Zhao, Chuanyang Shen, Yingli Yu, and Chunsheng Zhao

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