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            https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-281-2017
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                the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Using in situ GC-MS for analysis of C2–C7 volatile organic acids in ambient air of a boreal forest site
                                            Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 0011 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Simon Schallhart
                                            Department of Physics, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Arnaud P. Praplan
                                            Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 0011 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Tuukka Petäjä
                                            Department of Physics, P.O. Box 64, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
                                        
                                    Hannele Hakola
                                            Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 0011 Helsinki, Finland
                                        
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Short summary
            There is a lack of knowledge of volatile organic acids (VOAs), other than formic and acetic acids in gas phase, and this  is at least partly due to the lack of sensitive enough measurement methods. In the present study we developed an in situ GC–MS measurement method for measuring C2–C7 monocarboxylic VOAs at ambient air concentration levels, which we used to measure ambient air concentrations in a boreal forest site. In addition, found mixing ratios were compared with PTR-TOFMS data.
            There is a lack of knowledge of volatile organic acids (VOAs), other than formic and acetic...
            
         
 
                             
                             
             
             
            