Intercomparison of NO3 radical detection instruments in the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1111-1140

  Dorn, H P ^a   Apodaca, R L ^b   Ball, S M ^c   Brauers, T ^a   Brown, S S ^d   Crowley, J N ^e   Dube W P ^d   Fuchs, H ^a,d   Haseler R ^a   Heitmann, U ^f   Jones, R L ^g   Kiendler Scharr, A ^a   Labazan, I ^e   Langridge, J M ^d,g   Meinen, J ^h   Mentel, T F ^a   Platt, U ⁱ   Pohler D ⁱ   Rohrer, F ^a   Ruth, A A ^f   Schlosser, E ^a,h   Schuster, G ^e   Shillings, A J L ^g   Simpson, W R ^b   Thieser, J ^e,i   Tillmann, R ^a   Varma, R ^f,j   Venables, D S ^f   Wahner, A ^a   more..

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FILTER; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADICAL; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

GERMANY; JULICH; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84882781757     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-1111-2013     Document Type: Article

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