Possibility of hard-target lidar detection of a biogenic volatile organic compound, alpha-pinene gas, over forest areas

• The absorption spectrum of alpha -pinene gas, a biogenic volatile organic compound, was directly measured with a pulsed mid-infrared laser. The maximum absorption wavelength was found to be similar to3.42 mum, and an absorption cross section of 4.8 x 10(-23) m(2) molec(-1) was obtained. A simple theoretical calculation with the measured spectral data showed that several hundreds of parts in 10(12) (ppt) of a-pinene gas in forest-mountain areas over a range of similar to 10 km were detectable by a long-path-averaged hard-target absorption lidar. Requirements for system development were also discussed. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

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