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Development and testing of a novel sulfur dioxide sonde
Subin Yoon
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Houston, Houston, TX, 77004, USA
Alexander Kotsakis
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Houston, Houston, TX, 77004, USA
now at: ERT, Inc., Laurel, MD, 20707, USA
Sergio L. Alvarez
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Houston, Houston, TX, 77004, USA
Mark G. Spychala
School of Natural Sciences, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, 78704, USA
now at: Hamelmann Communications, Pagosa Springs, CO, 81147, USA
Elizabeth Klovenski
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Houston, Houston, TX, 77004, USA
Paul Walter
School of Natural Sciences, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, 78704, USA
Gary Morris
School of Natural Sciences, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, 78704, USA
now at: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
Ernesto Corrales
GasLAB, CICANUM, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa
Rica
Alfredo Alan
GasLAB, CICANUM, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa
Rica
Jorge A. Diaz
GasLAB, CICANUM, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa
Rica
now at: INFICON, East Syracuse, NY, 13057, USA
James H. Flynn
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Houston, Houston, TX, 77004, USA
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Short summary
SO2 is adverse to human health and the environment. A single SO2 sonde was developed to provide direct SO2 measurement with a greater vertical extent, a lower limit of detection, and less uncertainty relative to the previous dual-sonde method. The single sonde was tested in the field near volcanoes and anthropogenic sources where the sonde measured SO2 ranging from 0.5 to 940 ppb. This lighter-weight payload can be a great candidate to attach to small drones and unmanned aerial vehicles.
SO2 is adverse to human health and the environment. A single SO2 sonde was developed to provide...
