Numerical analysis and estimation of the statistical error of differential optical absorption spectroscopy measurements with least-squares methods

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 6041-6053

  Stutz, Jochen ^a   Platt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Differential optical absorption spectroscopy; Measurement techniques

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DOAS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030319548     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006041     Document Type: Article

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