Volatile organic compounds in the western Mediterranean basin: Urban and rural winter measurements during the DAURE campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4291-4306

  Seco, R ^a,b,e   Penuelas J ^a,b   Filella, I ^a,b   Llusia, J ^a,b   Schallhart, S ^c,f   Metzger, A ^d   Muller M ^c   Hansel, A ^c  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIURNAL VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXING RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEA BREEZE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84881633319     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-4291-2013     Document Type: Article

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