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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7873-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7873-2021
Research article
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17 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2021

Mobile and high-spectral-resolution Fabry–Pérot interferometer spectrographs for atmospheric remote sensing

Jonas Kuhn, Nicole Bobrowski, Thomas Wagner, and Ulrich Platt

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We propose spectrograph implementations using Fabry–Pérot interferometers for atmospheric trace gas remote sensing. Compared with widely used grating spectrographs, we find substantial light throughput and mobility advantages for high resolving powers. Besides lowering detection limits and increasing the spatial and temporal resolution of many atmospheric trace gas measurements, this approach might enable remote sensing of further important gases such as tropospheric OH radicals.
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