Measurement of OH reactivity by laser flash photolysis coupled with laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2827-2844

  Stone, Daniel ^a   Whalley, Lisa K ^a   Ingham, Trevor ^a   Edwards, Peter M ^a,b   Cryer, Danny R ^a   Brumby, Charlotte A ^a   Seakins, Paul W ^a   Heard, Dwayne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; YORK [ENGLAND];

EID: 84978203765     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-2827-2016     Document Type: Article

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