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Hoell et al. 1984
Hoell, J.M., Gregory, G.L., Carroll, M.A., McFarland, M., Ridley, B.A., Davis, D.D., Bradshaw, J., Rodgers, M.O., Torres, A.L., Condon, E.P., Rasmussen, R.A., Campbell, M.C., Farmer, J.C., Sheppard, J.C., Wang, C.C. and Davis, L.I. (1984). An intercomparison of carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and hydroxyl measurement techniques: overview of results. Journal of Geophysical Research 89: doi: 10.1029/JD089iD07p11819. issn: 0148-0227.

Results from an intercomparison of methods to measure carbon monoxide (CO), nitric oxide (NO), and the hydroxyl radical (OH) are discussed. The intercomparison was conducted at Wallops Island, Virginia, in July 1983 and included a laser differential absorption and three grab sample/gas chromatograph methods for CO, a laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and two chemiluminescence methods for NO, and two LIF methods and a radiocarbon tracer method for OH. The intercomparison was conducted as a field measurement program involving ambient measurements of CO (150-300 ppbv) and NO (10-180 pptv) from a common manifold with controlled injection of CO in incremental steps from 20 to 500 ppbv and NO in steps from 10 to 220 pptv. Only ambient measurements of OH were made. The agreement between the techniques was on the order of 14% for CO and 17% for NO. Hardware difficulties during the OH tests resulted in a data base with insufficient data and uncertainties too large to permit a meaningful intercomparison.

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