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23 Apr 2015
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| 23 Apr 2015
Instrument intercomparison of glyoxal, methyl glyoxal and NO2 under simulated atmospheric conditions
R. Thalman
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
now at: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
M. T. Baeza-Romero
Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial de Toledo, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Toledo, Spain
S. M. Ball
Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
E. Borrás
Instituto Universitario UMH-CEAM, Valencia, Spain
M. J. S. Daniels
Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
I. C. A. Goodall
Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
S. B. Henry
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
T. Karl
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
F. N. Keutsch
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
J. Mak
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
P. S. Monks
Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Instituto Universitario UMH-CEAM, Valencia, Spain
J. Orlando
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
S. Peppe
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
A. R. Rickard
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
now at: National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
M. Ródenas
Instituto Universitario UMH-CEAM, Valencia, Spain
P. Sánchez
Instituto Universitario UMH-CEAM, Valencia, Spain
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
L. Su
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
G. Tyndall
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
M. Vázquez
Instituto Universitario UMH-CEAM, Valencia, Spain
T. Vera
Instituto Universitario UMH-CEAM, Valencia, Spain
E. Waxman
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
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Short summary
Measurements of α-dicarbonyl compounds, like glyoxal (CHOCHO) and methyl glyoxal (CH3C(O)CHO), are informative about the rate of hydrocarbon oxidation, oxidative capacity, and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation in the atmosphere. We have compared nine instruments and seven techniques to measure α-dicarbonyl, using simulation chamber facilities in the US and Europe. We assess our understanding of calibration, precision, accuracy and detection limits, as well as possible sampling biases.
Measurements of α-dicarbonyl compounds, like glyoxal (CHOCHO) and methyl glyoxal (CH3C(O)CHO),...
