Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

Principles and Applications
2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-21193-8
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 598 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1193 g

Reihe: Physics of Earth and Space Environments

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stutz, Jochen

Platt, Ulrich

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Atmospheric Chemistry.- Interaction of Molecules with Radiation.- Radiation Transport in the Atmosphere.- Measurement Techniques for Atmospheric Trace Gas Concentrations and Other Parameters.- Differential Absorption Spectroscopy.- The Design of DOAS Instruments.- Evaluation of DOAS Spectra, Sensitivity and Detection Limits.- Scattered-light DOAS Measurements.- Sample Application of ’Active’ DOAS with Artificial Light Sources.- Sample Application of ’Passive’ DOAS.- DOAS: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.- Literature.