In-situ detection of tropospheric OH radicals by folded long-path laser absorption. Results from the POPCORN field campaign in August 1994

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2537-2540

  Dorn, H P ^a   Brandenburger, U ^a   Brauers, T ^a   Hausmann, M ^a   Ehhalt, D H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROXYLATION; LASERS; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GASES; LASER BEAMS; NAPHTHALENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

LONG-PATH LASER ABSORPTION; TRACE GASES; TROPOSPHERIC OH RADICALS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; TROPOSPHERE;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POPCORN; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

GERMANY, (NORTHEAST);

IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LONG PATH ABSORPTION; MULTI-CHANNEL DETECTION SYSTEM; MULTI-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REFLECTION CELL; SENSITIVE DETECTION; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SPECTRAL DETECTION;

EID: 0030232718     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02206     Document Type: Article

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