Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7571-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7571-2015
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, G. M. Wolfe, K. E. Min, S. S. Brown, C. C. Miller, D. J. Jacob, J. A. deGouw, M. Graus, T. F. Hanisco, J. Holloway, J. Peischl, I. B. Pollack, T. B. Ryerson, C. Warneke, R. A. Washenfelder, and F. N. Keutsch

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