Four-laser airborne infrared spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 36, 1996, Pages 7075-7084

  Roths, J ^a,b   Zenker, T ^a,c   Parchatka, U ^a   Wienhold, F G ^a   Harris, G W ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Airborne trace gas measurements; Tunable diode laser

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLYNOMIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

FOUR LASER AIRBORNE INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; LASER CONTROL UNIT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TRACE GASES;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0030384299     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.007075     Document Type: Article

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