MAX-DOAS measurements of formaldehyde in the Po-Valley

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 909-918

  Heckel, A ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Tarsu, T ^a   Wittrock, F ^a   Hak, C ^b   Pundt, I ^b   Junkermann, W ^c   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 17644384848     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-909-2005     Document Type: Article

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