A high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer utilizing hydronium ions (H3O+ ToF-CIMS) for measurements of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2735-2752

  Yuan, Bin ^a,b   Koss, Abigail ^a,b   Warneke, Carsten ^a,b   Gilman, Jessica B ^a   Lerner, Brian M ^a,b   Stark, Harald ^b,c   De Gouw, Joost A ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CHEMICAL REACTION; DATA SET; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; RESEARCH WORK; SEPARATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84977125974     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-2735-2016     Document Type: Article

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