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Precise methane absorption measurements in the 1.64 micron spectral region for the MERLIN mission

June 2, 2016
Author(s)
Joseph T. Hodges, Stephen E. Maxwell, Zachary D. Reed, Hong Lin, Keeyon Sung, Malathy Devi, Thomas Warneke, Peter Spietz, Ha Tran, Thibault Delahaye
In this article we describe a high-precision laboratory targeting the R(6) manifold of the 2ν3 band of 12CH4. Accurate physical models of this absorption spectrum will be required by the Franco-German, Methane Remote Sensing LIDAR (MERLIN) space mission

NIST Weather Station for Photovoltaic and Building System Research

March 29, 2016
Author(s)
Matthew Boyd
A weather station has been constructed on the Gaithersburg, Maryland campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of a research effort to assess performance of photovoltaic and building systems. This weather station includes

Multispectrum analysis of the Oxygen A-band

March 25, 2016
Author(s)
Joseph T. Hodges, Brian J. Drouin, D C. Benner, L.R. Brown, Matthew J. Cich, Timothy Crawford, Malathy Devi, Alexandre Guillaume, Eli Mlawer, D J. Robichaud, Oyafuso Fabiano, Keeyon Sung, Wishnow Edward, Shanshan Yu
Retrievals of atmospheric composition from near-infrared measurements require measurements of airmass to better than the desired precision of the composition. The oxygen bands are obvious choices to quantify airmass since the mixing ratio of oxygen is

Measurement Challenges and Metrology for Monitoring CO2 Emissions from Smokestacks Workshop Summary

January 20, 2016
Author(s)
Aaron N. Johnson, Rodney A. Bryant, Tamae M. Wong, James R. Whetstone, Eric Harman, Woong Kang, Keith A. Gillis, Hsin-Hung Lee, Iosif I. Shinder, Liang Zhang
On April 20-21, 2015, NIST hosted a workshop that, through measurement science, enabled the owners of stationary sources (primarily the electric power industry) and their regulatory agencies (federal and state) to better characterize greenhouse gas (GHG)

Comparison of halocarbon measurements in an atmospheric dry whole air sample

November 3, 2015
Author(s)
George C. Rhoderick, Bradley Hall, Christina Harth, Jin Seog Kim, Jeogsoon Lee, Stephen Montzka, J. Muhle, Stefan Reimann, Martin Vollmer, Ray Weiss
The growing awareness of climate change/global warming, and continuing concerns regarding stratospheric ozone depletion, will require continued measurements and standards for many compounds, in particular halocarbons that are linked to these issues. In

Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies, Evaluation No. 18

October 30, 2015
Author(s)
Vladimir L. Orkin, James B. Burkholder, S. P. Sander, J. P. D. Abbatt D. Abbatt, J. R. Barker, Robert E. Huie, C E. Kolb, Michael J. Kurylo III, David M. Wilmouth, P. H. Wine
This is the eighteenth in a series of evaluated sets of rate constants, photochemical cross sections, heterogeneous parameters, and thermochemical parameters compiled by the NASA Panel for Data Evaluation. The data are used primarily to model stratospheric

SIMULATIONS TO CHARACTERIZE A PASSIVE MICROWAVE BLACKBODY DESIGN

July 29, 2015
Author(s)
Derek A. Houtz, Dave K. Walker, Dazhen Gu
This paper discusses the design of a microwave blackbody to be used as a primary laboratory standard for passive remote sensing applications. The design is required to have excellent performance over the frequencies ranging from 10 GHz to 220 GHz and will

High accuracy CO2 line intensities determined from theory and experiment

June 15, 2015
Author(s)
Joseph T. Hodges, Oleg L. Polyansky, Katarzyna E. Bielska, Melanie C. Ghysels, Lorenzo Lodi, N Zobov, Jonathan Tennyson
The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), with its consequences for the greenhouse effect and climate change, is being closely monitored by a variety of space-borne and ground-based remote sensing experiments. These experiments require a

Application of the Hartmann-Tran profile to analysis of H2O spectra

June 9, 2015
Author(s)
D Lisak, A. Cygan, D Bermejo, J L. Domenech, Joseph T. Hodges, Ha Tran
The Hartmann-Tran profile (HTP), which has been recently recommended as a new standard in spectroscopic databases, is used to analyze spectra of several lines of H$_2$O diluted in N$_2$, SF$_6$, and in pure H$_2$O. This profile accounts for various

The impact of current CH4 and N2O atmospheric loss process uncertainties on calculated ozone abundances and trends

May 29, 2015
Author(s)
Vladimir L. Orkin, Eric L. Fleming, Christian George, Dwayne E. Heard, Charles H. Jackman, Michael J. Kurylo , Abdelwahid Mellouki , J B. Burkholder
The atmospheric loss processes of N2O and CH4, their estimated uncertainties, lifetimes, and impacts on ozone abundance and long-term trends are examined using atmospheric model calculations and updated kinetic and photochemical parameters and uncertainty

Design and Capabilities of NISTs Scale-Model Smokestack Simulator (SMSS)

April 17, 2015
Author(s)
Aaron N. Johnson, Joey T. Boyd, Eric Harman, Mohammad M. Khalil, Jacob E. Ricker, Christopher J. Crowley, Rodney A. Bryant, Iosif I. Shinder
The amount of CO 2 emitted from a coal-fired power plant (CFPP) is measured by continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) permanently installed in the exhaust smokestack. Both the CO 2 concentration and the bulk flow are continuously measured by CEMS

Frequency-agile, rapid scanning cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FARS-CRDS) measurements of the (30012) --(00001) near-infrared carbon dioxide band

April 3, 2015
Author(s)
David A. Long, Szymon S. Wojtewicz, Charles E. Miller, Joseph T. Hodges
We present new high accuracy measurements of the (30012)←(00001) CO¬2 band near 1575 nm recorded with a frequency-agile, rapid scanning cavity ring-down spectrometer. The resulting spectra were fit with the partially correlated, quadratic-speed-dependent

Cavity ring-down spectrometer for high-fidelity molecular absorption measurements

April 1, 2015
Author(s)
Vincent T. Sironneau, Hong Lin, Zachary Reed, Joseph T. Hodges
We present a cavity ring-down spectrometer which was developed for near-infrared measurements of laser absorption by atmospheric greenhouse gases. This system has several important attributes that make it possible to conduct broad spectral surveys and to
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