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Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

Principles and Applications

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Authors:
  1. Ulrich Platt

    1. Universität Heidelberg Inst. Umweltphysik, Germany

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  2. Jochen Stutz

    1. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Provides a detailed introduction to the principles underlying Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Describes the design and application of DOAS instruments as well as the evaluation and interpretation of spectra
  • Covers the recent expansion of DOAS application to the imaging of trace gas distributions by ground, aircraft, and satellite-based instruments is also
  • Reviews the basics of atmospheric chemistry, radiation transport, and optical spectroscopy
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments (EARTH)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 1-4

  3. Atmospheric Chemistry

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 5-75

  4. Interaction of Molecules with Radiation

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 77-90

  5. Radiation Transport in the Atmosphere

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 91-112

  6. Measurement Techniques for Atmospheric Trace Gas Concentrations and Other Parameters

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 113-134

  7. Differential Absorption Spectroscopy

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 135-174

  8. The Design of DOAS Instruments

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 175-285

  9. Evaluation of DOAS Spectra, Sensitivity and Detection Limits

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 287-328

  10. Scattered-light DOAS Measurements

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 329-377

  11. Sample Application of ’Active’ DOAS with Artificial Light Sources

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 379-427

  12. Sample Application of ’Passive’ DOAS

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 429-494

  13. DOAS: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 495-504

  14. Literature

    • Ulrich Platt, Jochen Stutz
    Pages 505-568

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 593-597
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Light is the essential source of information about the surrounding world for most of us. We see objects of di?erent brightness and colours, or, in scienti?c terms, we distinguish objects by the way they re?ect light of di?erent wa- lengths with varying e?ciency. It was exciting for both of us to learn that scienti?c instruments can expand our senses and provide information from this very same radiation that goes far beyond the simple recognition of - jects. Theabilityto“see”thecompositionoftheairsurroundingusandabove our heads, to us and others, one of the most fascinating aspects of the app- cation of modern technology to study the atmosphere. This fascination drove many of the applications of the Di?erential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) method presented in this book, and continues to be the motivation for many current developments. DOAS is an elegant and powerful analytical method to study the at- sphere and is based on the relatively simple principles of classical absorption spectroscopy. It has therefore always been quite surprising to us that this method has not found wider use in atmospheric research and air-quality m- itoring. We have introduced many university students and researchers to DOAS, often wishing that we could improve our e?orts with a comprehensive text that describes both the theoretical basis and the practical applications of the method.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universität Heidelberg Inst. Umweltphysik, Germany

    Ulrich Platt

  • Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Jochen Stutz

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