Visible and Near-Infrared Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) for The Measurement of Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor
Corresponding email: hkuze@faculty.chiba?u.jp
Published at : 17 Jan 2014
Volume : IJtech
Vol 2, No 2 (2011)
DOI : https://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v2i2.54
Kuriyama, K., Kaba, Y., Saitoh, H., Bannu, Manago, N., Harayama, Y., Osa, K., Yamamoto, M., Kuze, H., 2011. Visible and Near-Infrared Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) for The Measurement of Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor. International Journal of Technology. Volume 2(2), pp. 94-101
| Kenji Kuriyama | Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
| Yasuto Kaba | Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
| Hayato Saitoh | Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
| Bannu | Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
| Naohiro Manago | Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
| Yohei Harayama | Weathernews, Inc., Makuhari Tecnogarden, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0023, Japan |
| Kohei Osa | Weathernews, Inc., Makuhari Tecnogarden, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0023, Japan |
| Masaya Yamamoto | Weathernews, Inc., Makuhari Tecnogarden, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0023, Japan |
| Hiroaki Kuze | Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
The spectral intensity of direct and scattered solar radiation is of fundamental importance for various studies in civil engineering, agriculture, solar power generation, and radiation budget estimation. In this paper, we describe a ground-based, wide-spectral-range sensor that can be used for measuring spectral intensities both in the visible and near-infrared spectral regions. The measurements are conducted either with artificial light sources or direct/scattered solar radiation. The measured spectra yields information on the absorption features of atmospheric gases such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor, as well as aerosol optical properties in the atmosphere. Relatively weak absorption of nitrogen dioxide is measured with the technique of differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS), whereas aerosol, carbon dioxide, and water vapor amounts are measured by matching the observed spectra with simulated ones. Both High Resolution Transmission (HITRAN) and Moderate Resolution Atmospheric Transmission (MODTRAN) database/codes are used to derive column amounts of absorbing molecular species and to characterize aerosol optical properties.
Air pollution, Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS), Direct solar radiation, Molecular absorption, skylight measurement
Anderson, G.P., Berk A., 1999. MODTRAN4: Radiative Transfer Modeling for Remote Sensing. Proceeding SPIE, 3866, doi:10.1117/12.371318.
Bagtasa, G., Takeuchi, N., Fukagawa, S., Kuze, H., Naito, S., 2007. Correction in Aerosol Mass Concentration Measurements with Humidity Difference between Ambient and Instrumental Conditions. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 41, pp. 1616-1626.
Fraser, A., Adams, C., Drummond, J.R., Goutail, F., Manney, G., Strong, K., 2009. The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory UV–visible Ground-Based Spectrometer: First Measurements of O3, NO2, BrO, and OClO columns. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 110, pp. 986–1004.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007. The Fourth Assessment Report, http://www.ipcc.ch/ (last accessed May 12, 2011).
Irie, H., Kanaya, Y., Akimoto, H., Iwabuchi, H., Shimizu, A., Aoki, K., 2008. First Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosol Profiles using MAX-DOAS and Comparison with Lidar and Sky Radiometer Measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Volume 8, pp. 341–350.
Kuriyama, K., Kaba, Y., Yoshii, Y., Miyazawa, S., Manago, N., Harada, I., Kuze, H., 2011. Pulsed Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Applied to Air Pollution Measurement in Urban Troposphere. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 112, pp. 277-284.
Kuze, H., Kuriyama, K., Manago, N., Harayama, Y., Kitagawa, K., Suyama, H., Osa, K., Yamamoto, M., 2009. Development of a Fiber Laser System for Remote Sensing of CO2 using Satellite Platform and Ground-based Detectors. Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2009, Shanghai, China.
Kuze, H., Harada, I., Kataoka, D., Kenji, K., Manago, N., 2009. Measurement of Urban Air Pollution and Volcanic Gas Emission using Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS). International Symposium on Atmospheric Light Scattering and Remote Sensing, Xi’an, China.
Manago, N., Kuze, H., 2010. Determination of Tropospheric Aerosol Characteristics by Spectral Measurements of Solar Radiation using a Compact, Stand-alone Spectroradiometer. Applied Optics, Volume 49, pp. 1446–1458.
Manago, N., Miyazawa, S., Bannu, Kuze, H., 2011. Seasonal Variation of Tropospheric Aerosol Properties by Direct and Scattered Solar Radiation Spectroscopy. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 112, pp. 285–291.
Rees, W.G, 2001. Physical Principles of Remote Sensing 2nd ed., Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Rothman, L.S., Jacquemart, D., 2005. The HITRAN 2004 Molecular Spectroscopic Database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 96, pp. 139-204.
Wittrock, F., Oetjen, H., Richter, A., Fietkau, S., Medeke, T., Rozanov, A., Burrows, J. P., 2004. MAX-DOAS Measurements of Atmospheric Trace Gases in Ny-Alesund - Radiative Transfer Studies and Their Application. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Volume 4, pp. 955-966 .
Yoshii, Y., Kuze, H., Takeuchi, N., 2003. Long-path Measurement of Atmospheric NO2 with an Obstruction Flashlight and a Charge Coupled Device Spectrometer. Applied Optics, Volume 42, pp. 4362-4368.
Zuo, H., Zhu, S., Wang, J., Luo, S., 2008. Retrieval of the Vertical Column Density of the Atmospheric Pollution Gases by using the Scattered Solar Radiation. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 109, pp. 2628- 2634.