Seasonal variation of peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN) in coastal Antarctica measured with a new instrument for the detection of sub-part per trillion mixing ratios of PAN

• Main Authors: Mills, G. P., Sturges, W. T., Salmon, R. A., Bauguitte, S. J.-B., Read, K. A., Bandy, B. J.
• Other Authors: School of Environmental Sciences Norwich, University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Department of Chemistry York, UK, University of York York, UK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Halley Research Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00296327; https://hal.science/hal-00296327/document; https://hal.science/hal-00296327/file/acp-7-4589-2007.pdf

International audience An automated gas chromatograph with sample pre-concentration for the measurement of peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN) was constructed with a minimum detection limit below 1 pptv. This instrument was deployed at the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station, Antarctica (7...