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OPTICAL REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF TOXIC GASES
Citation:
Grant, W., R. Kagann, AND W. McClenny. OPTICAL REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF TOXIC GASES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-93/319 (NTIS PB93229409), 1992.
Description:
Enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 has resulted in increased ambient air monitoring needs for industry, some of which may be met efficiently using open-path optical remote sensing techniques. hese techniques include Fourier transform spectroscopy, differential optical absorption spectroscopy, laser long-path absorption, differential absorption lidar, and gas cell correlation spectroscopy. ith this regulatory impetus, it is an opportune time to consider applying these technologies to the remote and/or path-averaged measurement and monitoring of toxic gases covered by the CAAA. his article reviews the optical remote sensing technology and literature for that application.
