Modelling and interpretation of gas detection using remote laser pointers

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 929-939

  Hodgkinson, J ^a,c   Van Well, B ^b   Padgett, M ^b   Pride, R D ^a,d  

^a Advantica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detection; Dispersion; Gas; Leak; Methane

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LEAK DETECTION; METHANE; RADIATION EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

GAS DETECTION; GAS LEAK DISPERSION; REMOTE LASER POINTERS;

GAS DETECTORS;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBER OPTICS; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FIBER OPTICS; GASES; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33644921750     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2005.11.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. T. Iseki, H. Tai, and K. Kimura Meas. Sci. Technol. 11 2000 594 602
2. R.T. Wainner, B.D. Green, M.G. Allen, M.A. White, J. Stafford-Evans, and R. Naper Appl. Phys. B 75 2002 249 254
3. B. van Well, S. Murray, J. Hodgkinson, R. Pride, R. Strzoda, G. Gibson, and M. Padgett J. Opt. A 7 2005 S420 S424
4. F.P. Lees Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 1996 Butterworth-Heinemann
5. J. Hodgkinson, Q. Shan, R. Pride, Meas. Sci. Technol., submitted for publication.
6. M. Minnaert Astrophys. J. 93 1941 403 410
7. W.G. Rees Physical Principles of Remote Sensing second ed. 2001 Cambridge University Press Cambridge
8. Of 1.35 m reported gas UK escapes in 2001, over 259,000 were outside reports, of which around 25% resulted in 'no gas found'. NGT website, http://www.transco.co.uk/safety/index/index.asp, May 2005.
9. D.J. Wuebbles, and K. Hayhoe Earth Sci. Rev. 57 2002 177 210