Aerosol measurements at the Gual Pahari EUCAARI station : preliminary results from first year in-situ measurements

Aerosol measurements at the Gual Pahari EUCAARI station: preliminary results from first year in-situ measurements A.-P. Hyvärinen, H. Lihavainen, M. Komppula, T. S. Panwar, V. P. Sharma, R. K. Hooda, and Y. Viisanen Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palménin aukio 1, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland Finnish Meteorological Institute, Yliopistonranta 1F, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India Received: 25 March 2010 – Accepted: 29 March 2010 – Published: 8 April 2010 Correspondence to: A.-P. Hyvärinen (antti.hyvarinen@fmi.fi) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

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