European hydrocarbon intercomparison experiment AMOHA part 4: Canister sampling of ambient air

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Plass Dülmer, Christian ^a   Schmidbauer, N ^b   Slemr, J ^c   Slemr, F ^d   D'Souza, Hansa ^e  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; MEASUREMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON;

EID: 33645512624     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006351     Document Type: Article

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