Investigation of potential interferences in the detection of atmospheric ROx radicals by laser-induced fluorescence under dark conditions

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1431-1447

  Fuchs, Hendrik ^a   Tan, Zhaofeng ^b   Hofzumahaus, Andreas ^a   Broch, Sebastian ^a   Dorn, Hans Peter ^a   Holland, Frank ^a   Künstler, Christopher ^a   Gomm, Sebastian ^a   Rohrer, Franz ^a   Schrade, Stephanie ^a   Tillmann, Ralf ^a   Wahner, Andreas ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DARK; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 84964317939     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-1431-2016     Document Type: Article

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