Insights into dissolved organic matter complexity in rainwater from continental and coastal storms by ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4829-4838

  Mead, R N ^a   Mullaugh, K M ^a   Brooks Avery, G ^a   Kieber, R J ^a   Willey, J D ^a   Podgorski, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CELLULOSE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGNIN; PHENOL; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; STORM;

EID: 84896797344     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-4829-2013     Document Type: Article

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