Sensitive detection of chemical agents and toxic industrial chemicals using active open-path FTIRs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5270, Issue , 2004, Pages 144-150

  Walter, William T ^a  

^a Laser Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical agents; Emergency response teams; First responders; FTIR; Gulf War Syndrome; Homeland Security; Open path FTIR; Toxic Industrial Chemicals; Toxics Release Inventory

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS; FIRST RESPONDERS; FTIR; GULF WAR SYNDROME; HOMELAND SECURITY; OPEN PATH FTIR; TOXIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY;

FERTILIZERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GUNS (ARMAMENT); INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 2142712483     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.516229     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

1. D. Williams, "The Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City", International Criminal Police Review 469-471, 1998.
2. W. J. Broad, "How Japan Germ Terror Alerted World", The New York Times, May 26, 1998, p 1.
3. R. W. Haley, T. L. Kurt and J. Horn, "Is there a Gulf War Syndrome? Searching for syndromes by factor analysis of symptoms", JAMA 277, 215-222, 1997.
4. R. W. Haley, J. Hom, P. S. Roland, W. W. Bryan, P.C. Van Ness, F. J. Bonte, Sr. Devous MD, D. Matthews, J. L. Fleckenstein, F. H. Wians, Jr, G. I. Wolfe, and T. L. Kurt, "Evaluation of neurologic function in Gulf War veterans. A blinded case-control study", JAMA 277, 223-230, 1997.
5. R. W. Haley and T. L. Kurt, "Self-reported exposure to neurotoxic chemical combinations in the Gulf War. A cross-sectional epidemiologic study", JAMA 277, 231-237, 1997.
6. R. W. Haley, "Excess incidence of ALS in young Gulf War veterans", Neurology 61, 750-756, 2003.
7. http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/conflict/03090308.htm
8. www.scorecard.org
9. N. L. Tinsley, "EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement", Evaluation Report No. 2003-P-00012, August 21, 2003.
10. L. Garrett, "A 'Chemical Factory' in Skies", Newsday, September 11, 2003, p. 28.
11. E. Swartz, L. Stockburger and D. A. Vallero, "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other semi-volatile organic compounds collected in New York City in response to the events of 9/11'" American Chemical Society National Meeting, paper ENVR 111, September 10, 2003.
12. W. T. Walter, R. H. Kagann, and W. Woturski, "Kilometer Ranges with Open-Path FTIRs", Annual Meeting Air & Waste Management Assoc. St. Louis, MO; Paper 99-853, June 1999.
13. W. T. Walter, "Active Open-Path FTIR Applications for Sensitive Detection of Chemical Agents"; Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Baltimore, Maryland, Paper 42989, June 26, 2002.