Airborne measurements of HCHO and HCOOH during the New England Air Quality Study 2004 using a pulsed quantum cascade laser spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Herndon, Scott C ^a   Zahniser, Mark S ^a   Nelson Jr , David D ^a   Shorter, Joanne ^a   McManus, J Barry ^a   Jiménez, Rodrigo ^b   Warneke, Carsten ^c   de Gouw, Joost A ^c  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; THERMOELECTRICITY;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; LASER; MIXING RATIO; NOAA SATELLITE; SPECTROMETER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547563257     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007600     Document Type: Article

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