A new portable instrument for in situ measurement of atmospheric methane mole fraction by applying an improved tin dioxide-based gas sensor

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1175-1184

  Suto, Hiroshi ^a,b   Inoue, Gen ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; Instrumentation sensors; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; CARRIER GAS; CATALYTIC LAYERS; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOMINANT FACTOR; EFFECT OF WATER; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; FLAMMABLE GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; GAS SENSORS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; LARGE POWER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MIXING RATIOS; MOLE FRACTION; PLATINUM-BLACK; PORTABLE INSTRUMENT; POWER CONSUMPTION; SENSITIVE DETECTION; SENSOR SYSTEMS; STABLE MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GAS SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; METHANE; PLATINUM; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; QUARTZ; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER VAPOR;

SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DETECTION METHOD; DIURNAL VARIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; SENSOR; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77955609488     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1400.1     Document Type: Article

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