Proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry

RS Blake, PS Monks, AM Ellis - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) is a technique developed almost
exclusively for the detection of gaseous organic compounds in air. Volatile organic …

Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions

BC McDonald, JA De Gouw, JB Gilman, SH Jathar… - Science, 2018 - science.org
A gap in emission inventories of urban volatile organic compound (VOC) sources, which
contribute to regional ozone and aerosol burdens, has increased as transportation …

Source signature of volatile organic compounds from oil and natural gas operations in northeastern Colorado

JB Gilman, BM Lerner, WC Kuster… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
An extensive set of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was measured at the Boulder
Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in winter 2011 in order to investigate the composition and …

Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study

G Pétron, G Frost, BR Miller, AI Hirsch… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The multispecies analysis of daily air samples collected at the NOAA Boulder Atmospheric
Observatory (BAO) in Weld County in northeastern Colorado since 2007 shows highly …

Atmospheric autoxidation is increasingly important in urban and suburban North America

E Praske, RV Otkjær, JD Crounse… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Gas-phase autoxidation—regenerative peroxy radical formation following intramolecular
hydrogen shifts—is known to be important in the combustion of organic materials. The …

Intermediate-volatility organic compounds: a large source of secondary organic aerosol

Y Zhao, CJ Hennigan, AA May, DS Tkacik… - Environmental …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a major component of atmospheric fine particle mass.
Intermediate-volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) have been proposed to be an important …

Organic aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere

J De Gouw, JL Jimenez - 2009 - ACS Publications
The ubiquity of aerosols in the atmosphere especially the troposphere makes them a vital
component of climate models as well as air pollutants through the impact on human health. It …

Ozone and organic nitrates over the eastern United States: Sensitivity to isoprene chemistry

J Mao, F Paulot, DJ Jacob, RC Cohen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We implement a new isoprene oxidation mechanism in a global 3‐D chemical transport
model (GEOS‐Chem). Model results are evaluated with observations for ozone, isoprene …

Organic aerosol composition and sources in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

PL Hayes, AM Ortega, MJ Cubison… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Organic aerosols (OA) in Pasadena are characterized using multiple measurements from
the California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) campaign …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban air: How chemistry affects the interpretation of positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis

B Yuan, M Shao, J De Gouw, DD Parrish… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured online at an urban site in Beijing in
August–September 2010. Diurnal variations of various VOC species indicate that VOCs …