Development and deployment of a cavity enhanced UV-LED spectrometer for measurements of atmospheric HONO and NO2 in Hong Kong

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 544-551

  Wu, Tao ^a   Zha, Qiaozhi ^b   Chen, Weidong ^c   Xu, Zheng ^b   Wang, Tao ^b   He, Xingdao ^a  

^a NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband cavity enhanced spectroscopy; HONO detection; LOPAP

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; BROADBAND CAVITY-ENHANCED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; CAVITY ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED); LOPAP; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS ACID;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUBURBAN AREA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; INCOHERENT BROADBAND CAVITY ENHANCED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NITRIC OXIDE ANALYZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETER; SUBURBAN AREA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84904089650     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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