A Field Study Using Open-Path FTIR Spectroscopy to Measure and Map Air Emissions from Volume Sources

Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-79

  Piper, Allison R ^a   Todd, Lori A ^b   Mottus, Kathleen ^b  

^a Eagle Environmental Health Inc   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dispersion models; Open path FTIR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042877930     PISSN: 1086900X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6521(1999)3:2<69::aid-fact2>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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