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AM Air Monitors

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Application:   Volcanic Emissions
Site:   Antarctica

Application:   Volcanic Emissions

Site:   Mount Etna

Application:   Volcanic Emissions
Site:   Kilawea, Hawaii

Volcano Related Papers:
  Duffel, H., etal., 2001, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 28, p. 3131-3134
  Burton, M.R., etal., 2000, Geology., v. 28, p. 915-918
  Love, S.P., etal., 2000, Geophys. Monogr., v. 116, Am. Geophys. Union, p. 117-138
  Horrocks, L.A., etal., 1999, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 26, p. 3497-3500
  Oppenheimer, C., etal., 1998, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 25, p. 3689-3692
  Oppenheimer, C., etal., 1998, Appl. Phys., B 67, p. 505-515
  Love, S., etal., 1998, Nature., v. 396, p. 563-567
  Francis, P., etal., 1998, Nature., v. 396, p. 567-570
  Mori, T. and Notsu, K., 1997, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 24, p. 2047-2050

  Marie Edmonds, David Pyle, Clive Oppenheimer, "A model for degassing at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, based on geochemical data", Earth and Planetary Sciences Letter 186 (2001) 159-173

  Marie Edmonds, David Pyle, Clive Oppenheimer, "HCl emissions at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, during a second phase of dome building: November 1999 to October 2000", Bull Volcanol (2002) 64:21-30

   C.Oppenheimer, M. Edmonds, P.Francis, & M. Burton, "Variation in HCl/SO2 gas ratios observed by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat", Geological Society Memoir No. 21. The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999. Published by the Geological Society of London.

Application:   Fugitive Emissions Monitoring
Site:   Refinery

Application:   Remote Measurements of Toxic Releases
Site:   Firefighting Training Facility

Other Open Path Applications Papers:

Ross, K, LA Todd: Field Evaluation of a Transportable Open-Path FTIR Spectrometer for Real-Time Air Monitoring. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (in press) 17(2): 131-143. (2002)

Todd, LA, M Ramanathan, K Mottus, R Katz, A Dodson, G Mihlan: Measuring Chemical Emissions Using Open-path Fourier Transform Infrared (OP-FTIR) Spectroscopy and Computer-assisted Tomography. Atmospheric Environment. 35:1937-1947. (2001)

Todd, LA, SK Farhat, KM Mottus, GJ Mihlan: Experimental Evaluation of an Environmental CAT Scanning System for Mapping Chemicals in Air in Real-time. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 16(1): 45-55 (2001)

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Application: Volcanic Emissions Site: Antarctica

Application: Volcanic Emissions Site: Mount Etna

Application: Volcanic Emissions Site: Kilawea, Hawaii

Volcano Related Papers: Duffel, H., etal., 2001, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 28, p. 3131-3134 Burton, M.R., etal., 2000, Geology., v. 28, p. 915-918 Love, S.P., etal., 2000, Geophys. Monogr., v. 116, Am. Geophys. Union, p. 117-138 Horrocks, L.A., etal., 1999, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 26, p. 3497-3500 Oppenheimer, C., etal., 1998, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 25, p. 3689-3692 Oppenheimer, C., etal., 1998, Appl. Phys., B 67, p. 505-515 Love, S., etal., 1998, Nature., v. 396, p. 563-567 Francis, P., etal., 1998, Nature., v. 396, p. 567-570 Mori, T. and Notsu, K., 1997, Geophys. Res. Let., v. 24, p. 2047-2050 Marie Edmonds, David Pyle, Clive Oppenheimer, "A model for degassing at the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, based on geochemical data", Earth and Planetary Sciences Letter 186 (2001) 159-173 Marie Edmonds, David Pyle, Clive Oppenheimer, "HCl emissions at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, during a second phase of dome building: November 1999 to October 2000", Bull Volcanol (2002) 64:21-30 C.Oppenheimer, M. Edmonds, P.Francis, & M. Burton, "Variation in HCl/SO2 gas ratios observed by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat", Geological Society Memoir No. 21. The Eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999. Published by the Geological Society of London.
Application: Fugitive Emissions Monitoring Site: Refinery

Application: Remote Measurements of Toxic Releases Site: Firefighting Training Facility

Other Open Path Applications Papers: Ross, K, LA Todd: Field Evaluation of a Transportable Open-Path FTIR Spectrometer for Real-Time Air Monitoring. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (in press) 17(2): 131-143. (2002) Todd, LA, M Ramanathan, K Mottus, R Katz, A Dodson, G Mihlan: Measuring Chemical Emissions Using Open-path Fourier Transform Infrared (OP-FTIR) Spectroscopy and Computer-assisted Tomography. Atmospheric Environment. 35:1937-1947. (2001) Todd, LA, SK Farhat, KM Mottus, GJ Mihlan: Experimental Evaluation of an Environmental CAT Scanning System for Mapping Chemicals in Air in Real-time. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 16(1): 45-55 (2001)