The CU ground MAX-DOAS instrument: Characterization of RMS noise limitations and first measurements near Pensacola, FL of BrO, IO, and CHOCHO

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2421-2439

  Coburn, S ^a   Dix, B ^a   Sinreich, R ^a   Volkamer, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CIRES Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BOUNDARY LAYER; BROMINE COMPOUND; COASTAL ZONE; DESIGN; FORMALDEHYDE; HARDWARE; INSTRUMENTATION; IODINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OXIDE; OXYGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; PENSACOLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555183182     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2421-2011     Document Type: Article

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