Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Principles and Applicat
Measurement techniques form the basis of our knowledge about atmospheric composition and chemistry. Presently, important questions of atmospheric chemistry center on urban pollution, free-radical chemistry, degradation of greenhouse gases and the budgets
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Physics of Earth and Space Environments The series Physics of Earth and Space Environments is devoted to monograph texts dealing with all aspects of atmospheric, hydrospheric and space science research and advanced teaching. The presentations will be both qualitative as well as quantitative, with strong emphasis on the underlying (geo)physical sciences. Of particular interest are • contributions which relate fundamental research in the aforementioned fields to present and developing environmental issues viewed broadly • concise accounts of newly emerging important topics that are embedded in a broader framework in order to provide quick but readable access of new material to a larger audience The books forming this collection will be of importance for graduate students and active researchers alike. Series Editors: Rodolfo Guzzi Responsabile di Scienze della Terra Head of Earth Sciences Via di Villa Grazioli, 23 00198 Roma, Italy Dieter Imboden ETH Z¨urich ETH Zentrum 8092 Z¨urich, Switzerland
Louis J. Lanzerotti Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies 700 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA Ulrich Platt Ruprecht-Karls-Universit¨at Heidelberg Institut f¨ur Umweltphysik Im Neuenheimer Feld 366 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
U. Platt · J. Stutz
Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Principles and Applications
With 272 Figures and 55 Tables
Professor Dr. Ulrich Platt
Professor Dr. Jochen Stutz
Universit¨at Heidelberg Inst. Umweltphysik Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 69120 Heidelberg Germany e-mail: ulrich.platt@iup. uni-heidelberg.de
University of California Los Angeles Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 7127 Math Sciences Los Angeles, CA 90095–1565 USA e-mail: [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-540-21193-8
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-75776-4
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Preface
Light is the essential source of information about the surrounding world for most of us. We see objects of different brightness and colours, or, in
