Measurements of tropospheric HO2 and RO2 by oxygen dilution modulation and chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 735-756

  Hornbrook, R S ^a   Crawford, J H ^b   Edwards, G D ^a,d   Goyea, O ^a,e   Mauldin Iii, R L ^a,c   Olson, J S ^b   Cantrell, C A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e United States Patent and Trademark Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HYDRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADICAL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84855331155     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-735-2011     Document Type: Article

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