Effect of spectral resolution on the measurement of monoaromatichydrocarbons by DOAS
PENG Fumin , XIE Pinhua , ZHANG Yinghua , ZHU Yanwu , SI Fuqi , LIU Wenqing , WANG Junde
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Received July 29, 2007,Revised October 08, 2007, Accepted , Available online
Volume 20,2008,Pages 632-640
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The excellent response characteristics and detection sensitivity with much lower operational cost and the capability to discriminate
between the isomer of some monoaromatic hydrocarbons (MAHCs) make di erential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) a
powerful tool to trace concentration variation of MAHCs. But due to the similarity in chemical structure, those MAHCs have the similar
overlapped characteristic absorption structures, which make the selection of instrumental parameter critical to the accurate detection
of MAHCs. Firstly, the spectral resolution used in DOAS system determines the nonlinear absorption of O2 and the mass dependence
of characteristic absorption structure; thereby it determines the effect of elimination error of O2 absorption in the atmospheric spectra
for the detection of MAHCs. Secondly, spectral resolution determines the di erential absorption characteristics of twelve MAHCs
representing major constituents in technical solvents used in the automobile industry and the interference of spectral overlapping.
Thirdly, the spectral resolution determines the sensitivity, time resolution and linear range. So the spectral resolution range with the
best ratio of signal to noise is used to determine the most suitable spectral resolution range, as well as the spectral resolution range that
ensure the characteristic absorption structure of MAHCs and the minimization of O2 absorption interference. Finally, 0.15–0.16 nm
(FWHM: full width at half maximum) is assumed to be closest to the optimum spectral resolution and it is confirmed by the results of
practical measurement of MAHCs by DOAS.
