Long-term continuous sampling of 12CO2, 13CO2 and 12C18O16O in ambient air with a quantum cascade laser spectrometer

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-63

  McManus, J Barry ^a   Nelson, David D ^a   Zahniser, Mark S ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Carbon dioxide; Carbon 13; Infrared spectroscopy; Isotope measurements; Isotopologues; Methods and equipment; Oxygen 18; Quantum cascade lasers

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIODE LASER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TIME FACTORS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949340404     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256011003661326     Document Type: Article

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