Investigation of the formaldehyde differential absorption cross section at high and low spectral resolution in the simulation chamber SAPHIR

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3579-3586

  Brauers, T ^a   Bossmeyer, J ^a,b   Dorn, H P ^a   Schlosser, E ^a   Tillmann, R ^a   Wegener, R ^a   Wahner, A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Cohausz and Florack ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 34547216317     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3579-2007     Document Type: Article

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