Measurements of volatile organic compounds using proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry during the MILAGRO 2006 campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-481

  Fortner, E C ^a,e   Zheng, J ^a   Zhang, R ^a   Knighton, W Berk ^e   Volkamer, R M ^b,c   Sheehy, P ^b   Molina, L ^b   Andre M ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 70450241535     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-467-2009     Document Type: Article

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