Interference of organic signals in highly time resolved nitrate measurements by low mass resolution aerosol mass spectrometry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Bae, Min Suk ^a   Schwab, James J ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Hogrefe, Olga ^a   Dermerjian, Kenneth L ^a   Weimer, Silke ^b,c   Rhoads, Kevin ^d   Orsini, Doug ^d   Venkatachari, Prasanna ^e   Hopke, Philip K ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES;

AEROSOL; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RURAL ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 38349153311     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008614     Document Type: Article

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