Highly sensitive airborne open path optical hygrometer for upper air measurements – proof of concept

• Autorzy: Stacewicz T. , Magryta P. , Petersen B. , Nowak J. L. , Kwiatkowski K. , Malinowski S. P.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/mms.2018.124877

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A concept of a highly sensitive and fast-response airborne optoelectronic hygrometer, based on the absorption spectroscopy with laser light tuned to an intense ro-vibronic absorption line of H₂O in the 1391–1393 nm range is presented. The target application of this study is airborne atmospheric measurements, in particular at the top of troposphere and in stratosphere. The cavity ring-down spectroscopy was used to achieve high sensitivity. In order to avoid interference of the results by water desorbed from the instrument walls, the open-path solution was applied. Tests of the instrument, performed in a climatic chamber, have shown some advantages of this concept over typical hygrometers designed for similar applications.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

humidity; hygrometer; laser; absorption; CRDS

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 25, nr 4
• Strony: 793--805
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., rys., wykr., wzory

Twórcy

autor

Stacewicz T.

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Magryta P.

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Petersen B.

• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Physics, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany

autor

Nowak J. L.

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, 02-093 Warsaw, Pasteura 7, Poland

autor

Kwiatkowski K.

• University of Warsaw, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Malinowski S. P.

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, 02-093 Warsaw, Pasteura 7, Poland

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Uwagi

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1. This work was supported by Polish National Science Centre within the research project No. N N307 635440.

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2. Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).