Ambient formaldehyde measurements made at a remote marine boundary layer site during the NAMBLEX campaign - A comparison of data from chromatographic and modified Hantzsch techniques

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2711-2726

  Still, T J ^a   Al Haider, S ^a   Seakins, P W ^a   Sommariva, R ^a   Stanton, J C ^a   Mills, G ^b   Penkett, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33746198340     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2711-2006     Document Type: Article

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