Comparison of OH concentration measurements by DOAS and LIF during SAPHIR chamber experiments at high OH reactivity and low NO concentration

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1611-1626

  Fuchs, H ^a   Dorn, H P ^a   Bachner, M ^a   Bohn, B ^a   Brauers, T ^a   Gomm, S ^a   Hofzumahaus, A ^a   Holland, F ^a   Nehr, S ^a   Rohrer, F ^a   Tillmann, R ^a   Wahner, A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIXING; OPTICAL METHOD; REACTION RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

GERMANY; JULICH; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84866102976     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1611-2012     Document Type: Article

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