Ground-Based Tunable Diode Laser Measurements of Formaldehyde: Improvements in System Performance & Recent Field Campaigns

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2834, Issue , 1996, Pages 160-174

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diode laser spectroscopy; Formaldehyde measurements

Indexed keywords

DIODES; FORMALDEHYDE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SOURCES; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ANALYSIS OF MEASUREMENTS; BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION; FORMALDEHYDE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; TUNABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; TUNABLE DIODE LASERS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0005331261     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.255322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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