Low power greenhouse gas sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1355-1368

  Khan, Amir ^a,b   Schaefer, David ^c   Tao, Lei ^a,b   Miller, David J ^a,b   Sun, Kang ^a,b   Zondlo, Mark A ^a,b   Harrison, William A ^c   Roscoe, Bryan ^c   Lary, David J ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption and wavelength modulation spectroscopy; Air pollution monitoring; Greenhouse gases; Laser sensors; Spectrometers and spectroscopic instrumentation; UAV trace gas sensor; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; LASER SENSOR; SPECTROMETERS AND SPECTROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION; TRACE-GAS SENSORS; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CLOUDS; GAS DETECTORS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LASER PULSES; METHANE; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84861426537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4051355     Document Type: Article

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