Long optical cavities for open-path monitoring of atmospheric trace gases and aerosol extinction

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Varma, Ravi M ^a,b   Venables, Dean S ^a,b   Ruth, Albert A ^a,b   Heitmann, Uwe ^a   Schlosser, Eric ^c   Dixneuf, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Environmental Research Institute   (Ireland)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROSOLS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GAS; BROADBAND CAVITY-ENHANCED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTORS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; OPEN-PATH MONITORING;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 61449152985     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.00B159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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