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@ARTICLE{Varma:3188,
author = {Varma, R.M. and Venables, D.S. and Ruth, A.A. and Heimann,
U. and Schlosser, E. and Dixneuf, S.},
title = {{L}ong optical cavities for open-path monitoring of
atmospheric trace gases and aerosol extinction},
journal = {Applied optics},
volume = {48},
issn = {0003-6935},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Optical Soc. of America},
reportid = {PreJuSER-3188},
pages = {B159 - B171},
year = {2009},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {An incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption
spectroscopy setup employing a 20 m long optical cavity is
described for sensitive in situ measurements of light
extinction between 630 and 690 nm. The setup was installed
at the SAPHIR atmospheric simulation chamber during an
intercomparison of instruments for nitrate (NO3) radical
detection. The long cavity was stable for the entire
duration of the two week campaign. A detection limit of
similar to 2 pptv for NO3 in an acquisition time of 5 s was
established during that time. In addition to monitoring NO3,
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations were simultaneously
retrieved and compared against concurrent measurements by a
chemiluminescence detector. Some results from the campaign
are presented to demonstrate the performance of the
instrument in an atmosphere containing water vapor and
inorganic aerosol. The spectral analysis of NO3 and NO2, the
concentration dependence of the water absorption cross
sections, and the retrieval of aerosol extinction are
discussed. The first deployment of the setup in the field is
also briefly described. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-2},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB791},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
shelfmark = {Optics},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000264413400022},
doi = {10.1364/AO.48.00B159},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/3188},
}