Field evaluation of a method for estimating gaseous fluxes from area sources using open-path fourier transform infrared

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2309-2313

  Hashmonay, Ram A ^a   Natschke, David F ^a   Wagoner, Keith ^a   Harris, D Bruce ^b   Thompson, Edgar L ^b   Yost, Michael G ^c  

^a ARCADIS   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOTE SENSING;

PATH INTEGRATED-OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING (PI-ORS);

GAS EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIELD METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FIELD EMISSION; GEOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GASES; NITROUS OXIDE; OPTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035356578     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0017108     Document Type: Article

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