Accurate Measurements of Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere (AMOHA): Three European intercomparisons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Slemr, J ^a,d   Slemr, F ^b,d   Partridge, R ^a   D'Souza, H ^a   Schmidbauer, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Errors; Intercomparison measurements; Multicomponent standards; NMHC

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES;

AIR SAMPLING; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROCARBON; LABORATORY METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33751262467     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001357     Document Type: Article

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