A gas chromatographic instrument for measurement of hydrogen cyanide in the lower atmosphere

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1229-1240

  Ambrose, J L ^a,b,c   Zhou, Y ^b,d   Haase, K ^a,b,e   Mayne, H R ^a   Talbot, R ^b,f   Sive, B C ^b,d  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CALIBRATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; DILUTION; ENRICHMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; POLYMER; POROUS MEDIUM; PRECISION; TROPOSPHERE;

DURHAM [NEW HAMPSHIRE]; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861838642     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1229-2012     Document Type: Article

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