Measurements of formaldehyde at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Cal-Mex 2010 air quality study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 513-520

  Zheng, Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Renyi ^b   Garzón, Jessica P ^b,c   Huertas, María E ^b,c   Levy, Misti ^b   Ma, Yan ^a   Torres Jardón, Ricardo ^d   Ruiz Suárez, Luis G ^d   Russell, Lynn ^e   Takahama, Satoshi ^e   Tan, Haobo ^f   Li, Guohui ^g   Molina, L T ^g  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology CMA   (China)

^g MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Formaldehyde; Hydroxyl radical; Ozone; PTR MS; Secondary organic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUDGET CONTROL; FORMALDEHYDE; FREE RADICALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTON TRANSFER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HYDROXYL RADICALS; MEASUREMENTS OF; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PHOTOLYSIS RATES; PROTON-TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PTR-MS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; U.S.-MEXICO BORDER;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BORDER REGION; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CAR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCRUB; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877134895     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.041     Document Type: Article

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