Open AccessMeasurement of atmospheric water vapor using infrared differential optical absorption spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Youwen Sun,
Wenqing Liu,
Pinhua Xie,
K.L. Chan,
Yi Zeng,
Jun Xu,
Ang Li,
Fuqi Si,
Xian-Xin Li
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.61.140705
Subject(s) - hitran , differential optical absorption spectroscopy , infrared , water vapor , materials science , infrared spectroscopy , absorption (acoustics) , spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , attenuation coefficient , spectrum analyzer , dial , absorption spectroscopy , infrared window , optics , chemistry , physics , meteorology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , acoustics , composite material , chromatography
In this paper, we present a method of measuring atmospheric water vapor concentration by using infrared differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS). The experimental setup is converted from a self-made non-dispersive infrared multi-gas analyzer. In the process of DOAS retrieval, the reference absorption cross section is calculated by applying the Voigt broadening method to the absorption lines from HITRAN database. The influences of temperature, pressure and instrument function are also taken into account in the calculation. A validation study of the water vapor measurement is performed by comparing the results measured by a non-dispersive infrared analyzer. The results show good agreement with each other (correlation coefficient = 0.93347). It indicates that the infrared DOAS technique has the potential applications to other gases measurements which have no or weak absorption within the UV region, e.g. CO2, CH4, CO, N2O, etc.