Atmospheric Formaldehyde Monitoring in the Greater Houston Area in 2002

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Chen, Jinhai ^a   So, Stephen ^b   Lee, Hoason ^b   Fraser, Matthew P ^b   Curl, Robert F ^a   Harman, Thomas ^c   Tittel, Frank K ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference frequency generation; Formaldehyde detection; Laser absorption spectroscopy; Laser diodes

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION CYCLE; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORMALDEHYDE; MONITORING; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 1342308128     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370204322843002     Document Type: Article

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