Selective measurements of NO, NO2and NOyin the free troposphere using quantum cascade laser spectroscopy

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 927-936

  Tuzson, B ^a   Zeyer, K ^a   Steinbacher, M ^a   McManus, J B ^b   Nelson, D D ^b   Zahniser, M S ^b   Emmenegger, L ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GOLD; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PRECISION; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84882802996     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-927-2013     Document Type: Article

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