Formaldehyde and its relation to CO, PAN, and SO2 in the Houston-Galveston airshed

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2413-2424

  Rappengluck B ^a   Dasgupta, P K ^b   Leuchner, M ^a,d   Li, Q ^b   Luke, W ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND DIRECTION;

GALVESTON; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949301484     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2413-2010     Document Type: Article

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