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Twenty Years of Airborne Water Vapor and Total Water Measurements of a Diode Laser Based Photoacoustic Instruments

ÁRpád MohácsiDávid TátraiGábor SzabóHelga HuszárZoltán BozókiTibor AjtaiMiklós SzakállMiklós SzakállAnna Szabó

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instrument developmentMaterials Science (miscellaneous)BiophysicsGeneral Physics and Astronomy01 natural scienceslaw.inventiondiode laserlaw0103 physical sciencesWide dynamic rangePhysical and Theoretical Chemistry010306 general physicsairborne measurementsPhotoacoustic spectroscopyMathematical PhysicsRemote sensingSystem of measurementhumidityHumidityLaserlcsh:QC1-999Trace gasWater detectorEnvironmental sciencephotoacousticslcsh:PhysicsWater vapor

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We present relevant issues collected over twenty years of development and operation of an airborne water vapour / total water detector based on photoacoustic spectroscopy. The WaSulHygro instrument possesses high selectivity, short response time, and wide dynamic range, that are key requirements against trace gas measurement systems for applications in atmospheric sciences. Besides the major properties of WaSul-Hygro we discuss our efforts to develop a robust instruments that have proved its long-term reliability over the last fifteen years operating on-board a commercial aircraft within the framework of the CARIBIC project.2

https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2020.00384