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Airborne tunable diode laser spectrometer for trace-gas measurement in the lower stratosphereThis paper describes the airborne tunable laser absorption spectrometer, a tunable diode laser instrument designed for in situ trace-gas measurement in the lower stratosphere from an ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft. Laser-wavelength modulation and second-harmonic detection are employed to achieve the required constituent detection sensitivity. The airborne tunable laser absorption spectrometer was used in two polar ozone campaigns, the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment and the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition, and measured nitrous oxide with a response time of 1 s and an accuracy not greater than 10 percent.
Document ID
19940035700
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Podolske, James
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Loewenstein, Max
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 32
Issue: 27
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Accession Number
94A12355
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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