Analysis of elevated springtime levels of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) at the high Alpine research sites Jungfraujoch and Zugspitze

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12553-12571

  Pandey Deolal, S ^a   Henne, S ^b   Ries, L ^c   Gilge, S ^d   Weers, U ^a   Steinbacher, M ^b   Staehelin, J ^a   Peter, T ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Air Monitoring Network Environment Agency Germany (UBA) Platform Zugspitze Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) of GAW Global Station   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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EID: 84914170170     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-12553-2014     Document Type: Article

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