An evaluation of calibration techniques for in situ carbon dioxide measurements using a programmable portable trace-gas measuring system

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-316

  Burns, Sean P ^a,c   Delany, Anthony C ^a   Sun, Jielun ^a   Stephens, Britton B ^a   Oncley, Steven P ^a   Maclean, Gordon D ^a   Semmer, Steven R ^a   Schröter, Joel ^b,d   Ruppert, Johannes ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Forschungsinstitut der Zementindustrie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CALIBRATION GAS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION OF; FIELD CALIBRATIONS; GAS ANALYZERS; HIGH-ACCURACY; IN-SITU; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; MEASURING SYSTEMS; MOLE FRACTIONS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TRACE GAS;

CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS CYLINDERS; GASES; STATISTICS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS;

HYDRA;

EID: 65549147332     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1080.1     Document Type: Article

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