Long-path supercontinuum absorption spectroscopy for measurement of atmospheric constituents

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8457-8471

  Brown, David M ^a   Shi, Kebin ^a   Liu, Zhiwen ^a   Philbrick, C Russell ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL SPECTRA; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 45249083374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008457     Document Type: Article

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