An automated gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrument for the quantitative analysis of halocarbons in air

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 179-194

  Obersteiner, F ^a   Bonisch H ^a   Engel, A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AUTOMATION; DATA PROCESSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOCARBON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRACE GAS;

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EID: 84956503157     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-179-2016     Document Type: Article

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