Atomic mercury flux monitoring using an optical parametric oscillator based lidar system

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Sjöholm, Mikael ^a   Weibring, Petter ^a   Edner, Hans ^a   Svanberg, Sune ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DYE LASERS; FLUXES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RESONANCE; SOLID STATE LASERS;

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS (DIAL); EMISSION PATTERNS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 2942733538     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000551     Document Type: Article

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