Portable calibrator for NO based on the photolysis of N2O and a combined NO2∕NO∕O3 source for field calibrations of air pollution monitors

Birks, John W.; Turnipseed, Andrew A.; Andersen, Peter C.; Williford, Craig J.; Strunk, Stanley; Carpenter, Brian; Ennis, Christine A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1001-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1001-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1001-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

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03 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 03 Mar 2020

Portable calibrator for NO based on the photolysis of N₂O and a combined NO₂∕NO∕O₃ source for field calibrations of air pollution monitors

John W. Birks, Andrew A. Turnipseed, Peter C. Andersen, Craig J. Williford, Stanley Strunk, Brian Carpenter, and Christine A. Ennis

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RC1: 'Reviewer comment on amt-2019-399', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to review by Referee #1', Andrew Turnipseed, 15 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review of Birks et al., AMTD, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2019-399', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to review by Referee #2', Andrew Turnipseed, 15 Jan 2020

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ED: Publish as is (20 Jan 2020) by Lisa Whalley

Short summary

We describe a portable calibration source of nitric oxide (NO) based on the photolysis of nitrous oxide. Combining this with a previous photolytic ozone (O₃) source yields a calibrator that produces known mixing ratios of NO, O₃, and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂); NO₂ is produced by the reaction of NO with O₃. This portable NO₂/NO/O₃ calibration source requires no external gas cylinders and can be used as a standard to calibrate O₃ and NO_x air pollution monitors in the field.