Atmospheric field measurements of the hydroxyl radical using laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 191-216

  Heard, Dwayne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Chemical oxidation; Free radicals; Laser detection; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUORESCENCE; FOG; FREE RADICALS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDATION; SMOKE; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL OXIDATION; FLUORESCENCE ASSAY BY GAS EXPANSION (FAGE); HYDROXYL RADICAL; LASER DETECTION; SMOG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33646821027     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.57.032905.104516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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