• Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics
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Haibiao CHEN1、*, Caiqing YAN1、2, Xinfeng WANG1, Lin DU1, Jiumeng LIU3, Yuan CHENG3, and Mei ZHENG4
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    DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2022.01.004 Cite this Article
    CHEN Haibiao, YAN Caiqing, WANG Xinfeng, DU Lin, LIU Jiumeng, CHENG Yuan, ZHENG Mei. Research progress on light absorption properties and related influencing factors of atmospheric brown carbon aerosols[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, 2022, 17(1): 45 Copy Citation Text show less
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