Formaldehyde (HCHO) in air, snow, and interstitial air at Concordia (East Antarctic Plateau) in summer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6689-6705

  Preunkert, S ^a,b   Legrand, M ^a,b   Frey, M M ^c   Kukui, A ^d,e   Savarino, J ^a,b   Gallee H ^a,b   King, M ^f   Jourdain, B ^a,b   Vicars, W ^g   Helmig, D ^g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^e LPCE CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; FORMALDEHYDE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SNOWPACK; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA; CONCORDIA STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84934966092     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6689-2015     Document Type: Article

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