Increasing atmospheric burden of ethanol in the United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  De Gouw, J A ^a,b   Gilman, J B ^a,b   Borbon, A ^a,b,c   Warneke, C ^a,b   Kuster, W C ^a,b   Goldan, P D ^a   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Peischl, J ^a,b   Ryerson, T B ^a   Parrish, D D ^a   Gentner, D R ^d   Goldstein, A H ^d,e   Harley, R A ^d  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION; LOS ANGELES; MIXING RATIOS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; URBAN AIR;

ETHANOL;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHANOL; FUEL; MIXING RATIO; OUTFLOW; OXIDATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864656612     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052109     Document Type: Article

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