Incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the near-ultraviolet: application to HONO and NO2

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2008-02
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Gherman, Titus
Venables, Dean S.
Vaughan, Stewart
Orphal, Johannes
Ruth, Albert A.
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American Chemical Society
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The first application of incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (IBBCEAS) in the near-ultraviolet for the simultaneous detection of two key atmospheric trace species, HONO and NO2, is reported. For both compounds the absorption is measured between 360 and 380 nm with a compact cavity-enhanced spectrometer employing a high power light-emitting diode. Detection limits of similar to 4 ppbv for HONO and similar to 14 ppbv for NO2 are reported for a static gas cell setup using a 20 s acquisition time. Based on an acquisition time of 10 min and an optical cavity length of 4.5 m detection limits of similar to 0.13 ppbv and similar to 0.38 ppbv were found for HONO and NO2 in a 4 m(3) atmospheric simulation chamber, demonstrating the usefulness of this approach for in situ monitoring of these important species in laboratory studies or field campaigns.
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Broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy , IBBCEAS , Atmospheric trace gases
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Gherman, T.,Venables, D. S.,Vaughan, S.,Orphal, J., Ruth, A. A.; (2008) 'Incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the near-ultraviolet: Application to HONO and NO2'. Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (3):890-895. doi: 10.1021/es0716913
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Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Environmental Science & Technology, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es0716913