Total Peroxy Nitrates (ΣPNs) in the atmosphere: The Thermal Dissociation-Laser Induced Fluorescence (TD-LIF) technique and comparisons to speciated PAN measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 593-607

  Wooldridge, P J ^a   Perring, A E ^a   Bertram, T H ^b   Flocke, F M ^c   Roberts, J M ^d   Singh, H B ^e   Huey, L G ^f   Thornton, J A ^g   Wolfe, G M ^g   Murphy, J G ^h   Fry, J L ⁱ   Rollins, A W ^a   Lafranchi, B W ^a   Cohen, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ REED COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77955154827     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-593-2010     Document Type: Article

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