Airborne formaldehyde measurements using PTR-MS: Calibration, humidity dependence, inter-comparison and initial results

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2345-2358

  Warneke, C ^a,b   Veres, P ^a,b,e   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Stutz, J ^c   Tsai, C ^c   Alvarez, S ^d   Rappenglueck, B ^d   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a,b   Graus, M ^a,b   Gilman, J B ^a,b   De Gouw, J A ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857712085     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2345-2011     Document Type: Article

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