Measurement of atmospheric sesquiterpenes by proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS)

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-112

  Kim, S ^a,b   Karl, T ^b   Helmig, D ^c   Daly, R ^c   Rasmussen, R ^d   Guenther, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; ISOPRENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TERPENE;

EID: 84862833459     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2-99-2009     Document Type: Article

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