Mass-spectrometric identification of primary biological particle markers and application to pristine submicron aerosol measurements in Amazonia

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11415-11429

  Schneider, J ^a   Freutel, F ^a   Zorn, S R ^a,b   Chen, Q ^b   Farmer, D K ^c   Jimenez, J L ^c   Martin, S T ^b   Artaxo, P ^d   Wiedensohler, A ^e   Borrmann, S ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMINO ACID; BIOMARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN; RAINFOREST;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 81355164459     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11415-2011     Document Type: Article

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