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SENSORS
卷 22, 期 23, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22239158
关键词
air pollution; trace gas detection; nitric acid; mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy; quantum cascade laser
资金
- Empa
- EMPIR Project MetNO2
- European Union
- EMPIR Participating States [754364]
This study presents a custom field-deployable direct absorption laser spectrometer for in situ atmospheric HNO3 measurements. Detailed laboratory characterizations were conducted to evaluate the instrument's response under tropospheric conditions, and a three-week field measurement campaign was carried out to monitor the HNO3 level in ambient air.
Precise and accurate measurements of ambient HNO3 are crucial for understanding various atmospheric processes, but its ultra-low trace amounts and the high polarity of HNO3 have strongly hindered routine, widespread, direct measurements of HNO3 and restricted field studies to mostly short-term, localized measurement campaigns. Here, we present a custom field-deployable direct absorption laser spectrometer and demonstrate its analytical capabilities for in situ atmospheric HNO3 measurements. Detailed laboratory characterizations with a particular focus on the instrument response under representative conditions for tropospheric measurements, i.e., the humidity, spectral interference, changing HNO3 amount fractions, and air-sampling-related artifacts, revealed the key aspects of our method: (i) a good linear response (R2 > 0.98) between 0 and 25 nmol & BULL;mol-1 in both dry and humid conditions with a limit of detection of 95 pmol & BULL;mol-1; (ii) a discrepancy of 20% between the spectroscopically derived amount fractions and indirect measurements using liquid trapping and ion chromatography; (iii) a systematic spectral bias due to water vapor. The spectrometer was deployed in a three-week field measurement campaign to continuously monitor the HNO3 amount fraction in ambient air. The measured values varied between 0.1 ppb and 0.8 ppb and correlated well with the daily total nitrates measured using a filter trapping method.
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