Budget of organic carbon in a polluted atmosphere: Results from the New England Air Quality Study in 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-22

  de Gouw, J A ^a,b   Middlebrook, A M ^a   Warneke, C ^a,b   Goldan, P D ^a   Kuster, W C ^a   Roberts, J M ^a   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a   Worsnop, D R ^c   Canagaratna, M R ^c   Pszenny, A A P ^d,e   Keene, W C ^f   Marchewka, M ^g   Bertman, S B ^g   Bates, T S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e Mount Washington Observatory   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26444489067     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005623     Document Type: Article

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