DOAS observations of formaldehyde and its impact on the HOx balance in the tropical Atlantic marine boundary layer

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-178

  Mahajan, Anoop S ^a,b   Whalley, Lisa K ^a,c   Kozlova, Elena ^d   Oetjen, Hilke ^a,e   Mendez, Luis ^f   Furneaux, Kate L ^a   Goddard, Andrew ^a   Heard, Dwayne E ^a,c   Plane, John M C ^a   Saiz Lopez, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Geofisica (INMG)   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Differential optical absorption; Formaldehyde; Hox; Marine boundary layer; Oxidation capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053339288     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-011-9200-7     Document Type: Article

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