Airborne measurements of the atmospheric emissions from a fuel ethanol refinery

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4385-4397

  de Gouw, J A ^a,b   McKeen, S A ^a,b   Aikin, K C ^a,b   Brock, C A ^a   Brown, S S ^a   Gilman, J B ^a,b   Graus, M ^a,b,c   Hanisco, T ^d   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Kaiser, J ^e   Keutsch, F N ^f   Lerner, B M ^a,b   Liao, J ^a,b   Markovic, M Z ^a,b,g   Middlebrook, A M ^a   Min, K E ^a,b,h   Neuman, J A ^a,b   Nowak, J B ^a,b,i   Peischl, J ^a,b   Pollack, I B ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^a   Ryerson, T B ^a   Trainer, M ^a   Veres, P R ^a,b   Warneke, C ^a,b   Welti, A ^j   Wolfe, G M ^k   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

ⁱ AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; EMISSION INVENTORY; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; OZONE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REFINING INDUSTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSFORMATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALABAMA; DECATUR; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84930379941     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023138     Document Type: Article

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