Acetone and acetonitrile in the tropical Indian Ocean boundary layer and free troposphere: Aircraft-based intercomparison of AP-CIMS and PTR-MS measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28511-28527

  Sprung, Detlev ^a,b   Jost, Christof ^a,b   Reiner, Thomas ^a,b   Hansel, Armin ^a,b   Wisthaler, Armin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

(TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0035689173     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900599     Document Type: Article

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