Analysis of high mass resolution PTR-TOF mass spectra from 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (TMB) environmental chamber experiments

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 829-843

  Muller M ^a,d   Graus, M ^a,e   Wisthaler, A ^a,f   Hansel, A ^a   Metzger, A ^b   Dommen, J ^c   Baltensperger, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOOXIDATION;

EID: 84863398598     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-829-2012     Document Type: Article

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