Measurements of nighttime nitrate radical concentrations in the atmosphere by long-path differential optical absorption spectroscopy

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 875-880

  Li, Suwen ^a   Liu, Wenqing ^a   Xie, Pinhua ^a   Li, Ang ^a   Qin, Min ^a   Dou, Ke ^a  

^a ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Detection limits; Errors; Long path differential optical absorption spectroscopy; Nitrate radical

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849012383     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-0875-2     Document Type: Article

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