Agricultural ammonia sensor using diode lasers and photoacoustic spectroscopy

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1547-1553

  Webber, Michael E ^a,d   MacDonald, Tyson ^a   Pushkarsky, Michael B ^a   Patel, C Kumar N ^a,b   Zhao, Yongjing ^c   Marcillac, Nichole ^c   Mitloehner, Frank M ^c  

^a Pranalytica Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural ammonia emissions; Ammonia sensors; Photoacoustic spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BENCHMARKING; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT AMMONIA; AMMONIA SENSORS; DETECTION THRESHOLD; TRACE-GAS SENSORS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; LASERS; SENSITIVITY; SENSORS;

EID: 22944448671     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/8/002     Document Type: Article

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