Technical note: Laboratory evaluation of a tunable diode laser system for eddy covariance measurements of ammonia flux

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-391

  Brodeur, J J ^b   Warland, J S ^a   Staebler, R M ^c   Wagner Riddle, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Eddy covariance; Spectral response; Trace gas analyzer; Tunable diode laser

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRACE GAS;

EID: 57749210572     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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