The measurement of tropospheric OH radicals by laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy during the POPCORN field campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2541-2544

  Hofzumahaus, A ^a   Aschmutat, U ^a   Hessling M ^a   Holland, F ^a   Ehhalt, D H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; OXIDATION; SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PHOTOLYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE GASES; TROPOSPHERIC OH RADICALS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LASER EXCITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; POPCORN; SPECTROSCOPY; TROPOSPHERE;

GERMANY;

EXCITATION SPECTRUM; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; ON-OFF RESONANCES; SOLAR UV RADIATION;

EID: 0030232723     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02205     Document Type: Article

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