Atmospheric CO 2 monitoring with single-cell NDIR-based analyzers

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2737-2748

  Stephens, B B ^a   Miles, N L ^b   Richardson, S J ^b   Watt, A S ^a   Davis, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; LABORATORY METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRECISION; SENSOR;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NIWOT RIDGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84857489354     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2737-2011     Document Type: Article

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