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. 2013 Jul 24;3:2280. doi: 10.1038/srep02280

Table 1. Summary of isoprene and monoterpene SOA tracers (ng/m3) during the CHINARE 2008 and CHINARE 09/10.

  Abbr. average median min max SD a
isoprene SOA tracers            
cis-2-methyl-1,3,4-trihydroxy-1-butene MTHB1 0.071 0.013 ND b 0.78 0.15
3-methyl-2,3,4-trihydroxy-1-butene MTHB2 0.081 0.019 ND 1.8 0.24
trans-2-methyl-1,3,4-trihydroxy-1-butene MTHB3 0.22 0.060 ND 2.8 0.45
2-methylglyceric acid MGA 0.79 0.11 ND 6.8 1.5
2-methylthreitol MTL1 2.1 0.89 ND 11 2.8
2-methylerythritol MTL2 5.2 1.8 0.015 24 6.5
C5-alkene triols c   0.37 0.079 ND 3.8 0.72
2-methyltetrols d MTLs 7.3 2.8 0.018 34 9.3
sum of isoprene SOA tracers   8.5 3.1 0.018 36 11
monoterpene SOA tracers            
cis-pinonic acid PNA 0.09 0.032 ND 0.69 0.16
pinic acid PA 0.21 0.019 ND 2.9 0.48
3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetricarboxylic acid MBTCA 0.97 0.017 ND 8.0 1.9
3-hydroxyglutaric acid HGA 1.2 0.20 ND 10 2.2
3-hydroxy-4,4-dimethylglutaric acid HDMGA 0.56 0.047 ND 6.1 1.3
sum of monoterpenes SOA tracers   3.0 0.62 0.045 20 5.0
SOCisoprenee (ngC/m3)   52 20 0.12 220 65
SOCmonoterpene f (ngC/m3)   13 2.7 0.19 84 22

aSD is one standard deviation. bND means not detect. cSum of cis-2-methyl-1,3,4-trihydroxy-1-butene, 3-methyl-2,3,4-trihydroxy-1-butene and trans-2-methyl-1,3,4-trihydroxy-1-butene. dSum of 2-methylthreitol and 2-methylerythritol. eSOC from isoprene. fSOC from monoterpene.