Direct measurement of NO2 in the marine atmosphere by laser-induced fluorescence technique

J. Matsumoto; J. Hirokawa; H. Akimoto; Y. Kajii

doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00078-4

Direct measurement of NO₂ in the marine atmosphere by laser-induced fluorescence technique

J. Matsumoto^*, J. Hirokawa, H. Akimoto, Y. Kajii

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A simple and compact instrument for NO₂ measurement by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique with a pulsed solid state laser and a multi-pass excitation system was developed and optimized for several conditions. As a result of laboratory experiment, the limit of detection (LOD) reached 94pptv for 60s integration. It was thought that an LIF instrument with this LOD value would be capable of quantifying sub-ppbv NO₂ in unpolluted marine atmosphere. As the second step, a field test of the instrument was conducted in the marine atmosphere at Cape Hedo, Okinawa Island, Japan, in summer 1999. Intercomparison between the LIF instrument and a chemiluminescence detector with a photolytic converter (PLC-CL) was also made in this test. Consequently, the LIF instrument was shown to be of practical use for measuring NO₂ in clean maritime air.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2803-2814
Number of pages	12
Journal	Atmospheric Environment
Volume	35
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00078-4
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Intercomparison
Laser-induced fluorescence
Marine atmosphere
Nitrogen dioxide
Water vapor

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Environmental Science(all)
Atmospheric Science

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