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Gas filter technique in total SO2 content control

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics volume 23, pages 317–321 (2010)Cite this article

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A numerical simulation of the estimation of the total atmospheric SO2 content using the optical remote gas filter technique has been carried out. The sensitivity of a ground-based gas filter instrument for measurements of the total atmospheric SO2 content using direct solar IT and UV radiation is analyzed. The spectral interferences are studied in the measurements in the UV region. The minimization method for the error caused by the influence of atmospheric ozone absorption has been developed. We show the possibility of using the optical remote gas filter technique for estimating the total atmospheric SO2 content at a level of its background content in unpolluted air and higher with the error caused by the spectral interferences of not higher than 30%.

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  1. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Nezavisimosti pr. 68, Minsk, 220073, Belarus

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Original Russian Text © N.S. Metel’skaya, V.P. Kabashnikov, 2010, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.

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Metel’skaya, N.S., Kabashnikov, V.P. Gas filter technique in total SO2 content control. Atmos Ocean Opt 23, 317–321 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856010040111

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Keywords

  • Ozone
  • Optical Filter
  • Spectral Interference
  • Ozone Content
  • Ozone Monitoring Instrument