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Research article
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13 Jul 2015
Research article |
| 13 Jul 2015
Reassessing the ratio of glyoxal to formaldehyde as an indicator of hydrocarbon precursor speciation
J. Kaiser
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
G. M. Wolfe
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
K. E. Min
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute for Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea
S. S. Brown
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
C. C. Miller
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
D. J. Jacob
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
J. A. deGouw
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
M. Graus
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
T. F. Hanisco
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
J. Holloway
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
J. Peischl
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
I. B. Pollack
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
T. B. Ryerson
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
C. Warneke
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
R. A. Washenfelder
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
F. N. Keutsch
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
now at: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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