A broadband optical cavity spectrometer for measuring weak near-ultraviolet absorption spectra of gases

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-436

  Chen, J ^a   Venables, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); KETONE; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADICAL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84862833122     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-425-2011     Document Type: Article

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