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Research article
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15 Jan 2016
Research article |
| 15 Jan 2016
Broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the ultraviolet spectral region for measurements of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde
R. A. Washenfelder
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical
Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305,
USA
A. R. Attwood
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical
Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305,
USA
now at:
Horiba Scientific, Edison, New Jersey, USA
J. M. Flores
Weizmann Institute of Science, Department for Earth and
Planetary Sciences, Rehovot 76100, Israel
K. J. Zarzana
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical
Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305,
USA
Y. Rudich
Weizmann Institute of Science, Department for Earth and
Planetary Sciences, Rehovot 76100, Israel
S. S. Brown
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Short summary
Formaldehyde is the most abundant aldehyde in the atmosphere and plays an important role in photochemistry. Broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy uses a high finesse cavity to obtain effective path lengths of kilometers. We use a diode-pumped plasma lamp and custom cavity mirrors to extend this technique further into the ultraviolet spectral region, and we achieve detection limits of hundreds of parts per trillion in 1 min for formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide.
Formaldehyde is the most abundant aldehyde in the atmosphere and plays an important role in...
