Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy


MAX-DOAS stations:

ID
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude (m)
UNAM
Ciudad Universitaria, CdMx 19.326
-99.176
2,280
ACAT
FES Acatlán, CdMx 19.482
-99.243 2,299
VALL
Centro 5 Vallejo, CdMx 19.483
-99.147 2,255
CUAT
Parque Xochitla Cuautitlán, CdMx
19.722
-99.198 2,263
JQRO
Juriquilla, Querétaro
20.703
-100.447
1,945
TOLU
Toluca Centro, Edo Mex.
19.274
-99.657
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MAX-DOAS_UNAM.png
The UNAM instrument design for MAX-DOAS measurements for fixed ground stations


Measurements
Typical measurement sequence


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The MAX-DOAS Network in Mexico City


passive_DOAS
Instrument design for passive DOAS measurements in mobile plataforms


DOAS_car
passive DOAS instrument installed on a road-vehicle



DOAS_ULight
passive DOAS installed on an ultra-light aircraft


doas_transect
Airborne transect with passive DOAS around the Popocatepetl volcano



Related articles
  • The MAX-DOAS network in Mexico City to measure atmospheric pollutants. Josué Arellano, Arne Krüger, Claudia Rivera, Wolfgang Stremme, Martina M. Friedrich, Alejandro Bezanilla, Michel Grutter. Atmosfera. 29(2) 157-167, (2016).  [link]
  • Spatial distribution and transport patterns of NO2 in the Tijuana – San Diego area. Rivera, C., Stremme, W., Barrera, H., Friedrich, M.M., Grutter, M., García-Yee, J., Torres-Jardon, R., Ruiz-Suarez, L.G., 2015. Atmospheric Pollution Research 6, 230-238, doi: 10.5094/APR.2015.027  [link]
  • Investigating differences in DOAS retrieval codes using MAD-CAT campaign data. Peters, E., Pinardi, G., Seyler, A., Richter, A., Wittrock, F., Bösch, T., Burrows, J. P., Van Roozendael, M., Hendrick, F., Drosoglou, T., Bais, A. F., Kanaya, Y., Zhao, X., Strong, K., Lampel, J., Volkamer, R., Koenig, T., Ortega, I., Piters, A., Puentedura, O., Navarro, M., Gómez, L., Yela González, M., Remmers, J., Wang, Y., Wagner, T., Wang, S., Saiz-Lopez, A., García-Nieto, D., Cuevas, C. A., Benavent, N., Querel, R., Johnston, P., Postylyakov, O., Borovski, A., Elokhov, A., Bruchkouski, I., Liu, C., Hong, Q., Liu, H., Rivera, C., Grutter, M., Stremme, W., Khokhar, M. F., and Khayyam, J. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 955–978, 2017., doi:10.5194/amt-2016-358. [link]
  • Nitrogen dioxide DOAS measurements from ground and space: comparison of zenith scattered sunlight ground-based measurements and OMI data in Central Mexico. C. Rivera, W. Stremme and M. Grutter. Atmosfera 26 (3), 401-414 (2013). [link].
  • M. Grutter, R. Basaldud, E. Flores and R. Harig. "Optical remote sensing for characterizing the spatial distribution of stack emissions", in Advanced Environmental Monitoring. Y.J. Kim and U. Platt (Eds.). Springer Verlag. (2008) ISBN: 978-7-4020-6363-3.
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  • Detection of pollution transport events southeast of Mexico City using ground-based visible spectroscopy measurements of nitrogen dioxide. M.L. Melamed, R. Basaldud, L.G. Ruis-Suárez, S. Emais, R. Steinbrecher, and M. Grutter. Atmos. Chem. Phys.  9, 4827-4840 (2009). [PDF]
  • SO2 emissions from Popocatépetl volcano: emission rates and plume imaging using optical remote sensing techniques. M. Grutter, R. Basaldud, C. Rivera, R. Harig, W. Junkerman, E. Caetano and H. Delgado-Granados. Atmos. Chem. Phys . 8, 6655-6663 (2008). [PDF]
  • Michel Grutter y Roberto Basaldud. Técnicas ópticas de percepción remota para la caracterización de gases atmosféricos, en: Contaminación Atmosférica V. El Colegio Nacional. (2006). ISBN 970-640-303-5. p. 91-117. [PDF]