Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector

Status

Status
Operational
Operated By
PI
Instrument Type
Fluorescence
Measurements
NO2,
HNO3,
CH3O3NO2
Aircraft
DC-8 - AFRC
Point(s) of Contact
Ronald C. Cohen
(POC; PI),
P. J. Wooldridge
(Mgr)
Range of Measurement
In situ
Notes
BNOD makes a direct measurement of NO2 using Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF), and uses thermal conversion of HONO2 and CH3O3NO2 into NO2 to indirectly measure those species.

 

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