A master equation study of laser-generated interference in the detection of hydroxyl radicals using laser-induced fluorescence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4497-4500

  Zeng, Guang ^a   Heard, Dwayne E ^a   Pilling, Michael J ^a   Robertson, Struan H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Molecular Simulations Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FREE RADICALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REACTION KINETICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

HYDROXYL RADICALS; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; MASTER EQUATION MODELING; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; ROTATIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER; ROTATIONAL LEVELS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0032535551     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900205     Document Type: Article

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