California Nexus

CalNex


IMG_0236


Project Description:
Airborne, ship-based and surface measurements using PTR-MS, TACOH and the Acid CIMS in California to study issues at the interface between air quality and climate

Platforms:
NOAA WP-3D
r/v Atlantis
Surface site in Pasadena, California on the campus of Caltech

Period:
May - June, 2010


Publications About This Project:

Airborne formaldehyde measurements using PTR-MS: calibration, humidity dependence, inter-comparison and initial results
C. Warneke, P. Veres, J.S. Holloway, J. Stutz, C. Tsai, S. Alvarez, B. Rappenglueck, F.C. Fehsenfeld, M. Graus, J.B. Gilman and J.A. de Gouw
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 4, 4631-4665, (2011).

Evidence of rapid production of organic acids in an urban air mass
P.R. Veres, J.M. Roberts, A.K. Cochran, J.B. Gilman, W.C. Kuster, J.S. Holloway, M. Graus, J.H. Flynn, B. Lefer, C. Warneke and J. de Gouw
Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L17807, doi:10.1029/2011GL048420 (2011).

The glyoxal budget and its contribution to organic aerosol for Los Angeles, California during CalNex 2010
R.A. Washenfelder, C.J. Young, S.S. Brown, W.M. Angevine, E.L. Atlas, D.R. Blake, D.M. Bon, M.J. Cubison, J.A. de Gouw, S. Dusanter, J. Flynn, J.B. Gilman, M. Graus, S. Griffith, N. Grossberg, P.L. Hayes, J.L. Jimenez, W.C. Kuster, B.L. Lefer, I.B. Pollack, T.B. Ryerson, H. Stark, P.S. Stevens and M.K. Trainer
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, in press, doi:10.1029/2011JD016314 (2011).