Tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer for ground-based measurements of formaldehyde

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 6253-6266

  Fried, Alan ^a   Sewell, Scott ^a,c   Henry, Bruce ^a   Wert, Bryan P ^a   Gilpin, Tim ^a   Drummond, James R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

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EID: 0001473592     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01580     Document Type: Article

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