Simultaneous airborne nitric acid and formic acid measurements using a chemical ionization mass spectrometer around the UK: Analysis of primary and secondary production pathways

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-175

  Le Breton, Michael ^a   Bacak, Asan ^a   Muller, Jennifer B A ^a   Xiao, Ping ^b   Shallcross, Beth M A ^b   Batt, Rory ^b   Cooke, Michael C ^b,d   Shallcross, Dudley E ^b   Bauguitte, S J B ^c   Percival, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIMS; Formic acid; Hydroxyl radical; Nitric acid

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IODINE; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; CIMS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TRAJECTORY MODELING;

FORMIC ACID;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPYLENE;

FLIGHT; FORMIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; NITRIC ACID; RESEARCH; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPECTROMETER; TRAJECTORY;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; OZONOLYSIS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888774446     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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