Title :
Advances in the performance assessment of a tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer for airborne measurements of CH2O
Author :
Roller, C.B. ; Tittel, F.K. ; Fried, A. ; Walega, J. ; Weibring, P. ; Richter, D.
Author_Institution :
Rice Quantum Inst., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
An airborne tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer was deployed to measure CH2O during NASA´s 2004 Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment. Retrieved time series CH2O data are analyzed to assess instrument performance, minimum detection limits, and quality of data.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; chemical variables measurement; laser tuning; measurement by laser beam; semiconductor lasers; spectrochemical analysis; spectroscopy; CH2O retrieved time series CH2O data; airborne measurements; detection limit; quality of data; tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer; Absorption; Chemical lasers; Data analysis; Diode lasers; Information retrieval; Instruments; Performance analysis; Spectroscopy; Time series analysis; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202075