Prognosis for a mid-infrared magnetic rotation spectrometer for the in situ detection of atmospheric free radicals

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 973-985

  Blake, Thomas A ^a,b   Chackerian, Charles ^a   Podolske, James R ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sensing; Faraday effect; Infrared spectroscopy; Magnetic rotation spectroscopy; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; FARADAY EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTODETECTORS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC SENSING; DETECTION LIMIT; HERRIOTT MULTIREFLECTION CELL; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MIDINFRARED MAGNETIC ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ZEEMAN TUNING RATES;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; FARADAY EFFECT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030074211     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000973     Document Type: Article

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