Reassessing the ratio of glyoxal to formaldehyde as an indicator of hydrocarbon precursor speciation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7571-7583

  Kaiser, J ^a   Wolfe, G M ^b,c   Min, K E ^d,e,h   Brown, S S ^d,e   Miller, C C ^f   Jacob, D J ^f,g   DeGouw, J A ^d,e   Graus, M ^d,e   Hanisco, T F ^c   Holloway, J ^d,e   Peischl, J ^d,e   Pollack, I B ^d,e   Ryerson, T B ^e   Warneke, C ^d,e   Washenfelder, R A ^d,e   Keutsch, F N ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937035590     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7571-2015     Document Type: Article

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