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Optical and thermal characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols measured at an urban site in Gwangju, Korea, in the winter of 2011

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Pages 151-163 | Received 29 May 2015, Accepted 22 Sep 2015, Published online: 15 Jan 2016

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