Comparison of aromatic hydrocarbon measurements made by PTR-MS, DOAS and GC-FID during the MCMA 2003 Field Experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1989-2005

  Jobson, B T ^a   Volkamer, R A ^b,d   Velasco, E ^c   Allwine, G ^a   Westberg, H ^a   Lamb, B K ^a   Alexander, M L ^e   Berkowitz, C M ^e   Molina, L T ^c,d  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Molina Center for Energy and the Environment (MCE2)   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CALIBRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WIND DIRECTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77249144920     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-1989-2010     Document Type: Article

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