Pressure-dependent calibration of the OH and HO2 channels of a FAGE HOx instrument using the Highly Instrumented Reactor for Atmospheric Chemistry (HIRAC)

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 523-540

  Winiberg, F A F ^a   Smith, S C ^a   Bejan, I ^a   Brumby, C A ^a   Ingham, T ^a   Malkin, T L ^a   Orr, S C ^a   Heard, D E ^a   Seakins, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROCARBON; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REACTION KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84922217616     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-523-2015     Document Type: Article

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