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Tropospheric HO determination by FAGEIn the measurement of tropospheric HO we have employed three low-pressure laser-excited fluorescence (LEF) experimental systems. These instruments operate by expanding the ambient air flow via a nozzle, followed by transit down a flowtube through a detection region traversed by the excitation laser beam. This sampling method we named FAGE (fluorescence assay with gas expansion). The instruments employed a hydrocarbon reagent, added below the nozzle, to remove HO for background measurement. In the second and third instruments, air sampling via parallel nozzles and tubes, with reagent addition alternating between two channels, permitted continuous signal measurement with simultaneous measurement of background. The first two instruments (FAGE1 and FAGE2) used 282 nm HO excitation by frequency-doubled tunable dye lasers, pumped by pulsed Nd:YAG lasers at 10-30 Hz repetition rate. The third instrument (FAGE3) uses 308 nm excitation in which the dye laser is pumped by a copper vapor laser, pulsed at 5600 Hz.
Document ID
19940024087
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hard, Thomas M.
(Portland State Univ. OR, United States)
George, L. A.
(Portland State Univ. OR, United States)
Obrien, Robert J.
(Portland State Univ. OR, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: SRI International Corp., Local Measurement of Tropospheric HO(x)
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
94N28590
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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