Detection of urban O3, NO2, H2CO, and SO2 using Fourier transform spectroscopy

Ann Carine Vandaele; Michel R. Carleer; Reginald Colin; Paul C. Simon

doi:10.1117/12.140187

12 February 1993 Detection of urban O₃, NO₂, H₂CO, and SO₂ using Fourier transform spectroscopy

Ann Carine Vandaele, Michel R. Carleer, Reginald Colin, Paul C. Simon

Proceedings Volume 1715, Optical Methods in Atmospheric Chemistry; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140187
Event: Environmental Sensing '92, 1992, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Concentrations of SO₂, NO₂, H₂CO, and O₃ have been measured regularly since October 1990 at the urban site of the Campus of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, using the differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) technique associated with a Fourier Transform Spectrometer. The experimental set up has already been described elsewhere (Vandaele et al., 1992). It consists of a source (either a high pressure xenon lamp or a tungsten filament) and an 800 m long path system. The spectra are recorded in the 26,000 - 38,000 cm^-1 and 14,000 - 30,000 cm^-1 spectral regions, at the dispersion of 7.7 cm^-1. The analytical method of the DOAS technique is based on the fact that in atmospheric measurements, it is impossible to obtain an experimental blank spectrum. Therefore, the Beer-Lambert law has to be rewritten as: I equals I'_oe^n(Delta (sigma) d) where I is the measured intensity, I_o the measured intensity from which all absorption structures have been removed, n the concentration, d the optical path length, and (Delta) (sigma) the differential absorption cross section of the molecule. Numerous methods for determining I'_o exist. Fourier transform filtering has been used in this work. This method defines I'_o as the inverse Fourier transform of the lower frequencies portion of the power spectrum of the experimental data. A least squares procedure is then applied in order to determine the concentration of the desired molecules.

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Ann Carine Vandaele, Michel R. Carleer, Reginald Colin, and Paul C. Simon "Detection of urban O₃, NO₂, H₂CO, and SO₂ using Fourier transform spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 1715, Optical Methods in Atmospheric Chemistry, (12 February 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140187

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