Frequency-Comb-Based Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases over Kilometer Air Paths

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October 29, 2014

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Greg B. Rieker, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Jonathan Kofler, Alexander M. Zolot, Laura C. Sinclair, Esther Baumann, Christopher L. Cromer, G. Petron, Colm Sweeney, P P. Tans, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury

Abstract

We demonstrate frequency comb tooth-by-tooth measurements of atmospheric gas absorption across a 2-km, turbulent, open-air path through coherent dual-comb spectroscopy. High accuracy, high signal-to-noise transmission spectra are acquired spanning 5990 to 6260 cm-1 (1600 to 1670 nm) at 0.0033 cm-1 point spacing and covering ~700 absorption features from CO2, CH4, H2O, HDO, and 13CO2. The fitted concentrations and path-averaged temperature yield dry mixing ratios. These are compared with a nearby point sensor under well-mixed conditions to evaluate the accuracy of current spectral absorption models for real atmospheres. In poorly mixed conditions, time-resolved data demonstrate tracking of strong variations in path-averaged mixing ratios. Measurement accuracy is limited by current spectral databases. A precision of

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Optica

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1

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Journals

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Keywords

molecular spectroscopy, frequency combs, greenhouse gases

Citation

Rieker, G. , Giorgetta, F. , Swann, W. , Kofler, J. , Zolot, A. , Sinclair, L. , Baumann, E. , Cromer, C. , Petron, G. , Sweeney, C. , Tans, P. , Coddington, I. and Newbury, N. (2014), Frequency-Comb-Based Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases over Kilometer Air Paths, Optica, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.1.000290 (Accessed April 18, 2024)