Measurements of gas-phase inorganic and organic acids from biomass fires by negative-ion proton-transfer chemical-ionization mass spectrometry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Veres, Patrick ^a,b   Roberts, James M ^b   Burling, Ian R ^c   Warneke, Carsten ^a,b   De Gouw, Joost ^a,b   Yokelson, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORMIC ACID; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; PROTONS;

ACRYLIC ACIDS; BIOMASS-BURNING; EMISSION RATIO; FIRE SCIENCE; GASPHASE; GLYCOLIC ACIDS; IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOCYANIC ACIDS; MASS-TO-CHARGE RATIO; METHACRYLIC ACIDS; MONTANA; NITROUS ACID; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OP-FTIR; OPEN-PATH; PROPIONIC ACIDS; PROTON-TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PYRUVIC ACID; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES;

FATTY ACIDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PHASE REACTION; INORGANIC ACID; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACID;

MISSOULA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954280347     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014033     Document Type: Article

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