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  • Title: Atmospheric CH4 and H2O monitoring with near-infrared InGaAs laser diodes by the SDLA, a balloonborne spectrometer for tropospheric and stratospheric in situ measurements.
    Author: Durry G, Megie G.
    Journal: Appl Opt; 1999 Dec 20; 38(36):7342-54. PubMed ID: 18324282.
    Abstract:
    The Spectromètre à Diodes Laser Accordables (SDLA), a balloonborne spectrometer devoted to the in situ measurement of CH(4) and H(2)O in the atmosphere that uses commercial distributed-feedback InGaAs laser diodes in combination with differential absorption spectroscopy, is described. Absorption spectra of CH(4) (in the 1.653-microm region) and H(2)O (in the 1.393-microm region) are simultaneously sampled at 1-s intervals by coupling with optical fibers of two near-infrared laser diodes to a Herriott multipass cell open to the atmosphere. Spectra of methane and water vapor in an altitude range of approximately 1 to approximately 31 km recorded during the recent balloon flights of the SDLA are presented. Mixing ratios with a precision error ranging from 5% to 10% are retrieved from the atmospheric spectra by a nonlinear least-squares fit to the spectral line shape in conjunction with in situ simultaneous pressure and temperature measurements.
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