Importance of direct anthropogenic emissions of formic acid measured by a chemical ionisation mass spectrometer (CIMS) during the Winter ClearfLo Campaign in London, January 2012

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-310

  Bannan, Thomas J ^a   Bacak, Asan ^a   Muller, Jennifer B A ^a   Booth, A Murray ^a   Jones, Benjamin ^a   Le Breton, Michael ^a   Leather, Kimberley E ^a   Ghalaieny, Mohamed ^a   Xiao, Ping ^b   Shallcross, Dudley E ^b   Percival, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIMS; ClearfLo; Formic acid; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CIMS; CLEARFLO; EMISSION SOURCES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SECONDARY SOURCES;

FORMIC ACID;

FORMIC ACID;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; FORMIC ACID; IONIZATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTROMETER; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL IONISATION MASS SPECTROMETER; EXHAUST GAS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890042839     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.029     Document Type: Article

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