Fast chemical sensor for eddy-correlation measurements of methane emissions from rice paddy fields

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 846-858

  Werle, Peter ^a   Kormann, Robert ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; METHANE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

METHANE EMISSIONS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0000109575     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000846     Document Type: Article

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