Measurement of low-ppm mixing ratios of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1461-1475

  Thornberry, T D ^a,b   Rollins, A W ^a,b   Gao, R S ^a   Watts, L A ^a,b   Ciciora, S J ^a   McLaughlin, R J ^a   Voigt, C ^c,d   Hall, B ^a   Fahey, D W ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CATALYSIS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84882799655     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-1461-2013     Document Type: Article

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