Short name:
GTHOS_OH

Full name:
Ground-based Hydrogen Oxides Sensor reporting OH (Brune)

What is being measured:
Hydroxyl radicals (OH)

Sampling Protocol:
Online

Manufacturer:
Custom

Model:
Custom

Instrument year :
None specified

Data recording software:
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Data analysis software:
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Raw data time resolution:
Inquire with PI

Analysis data averaging:
Inquire with PI

Detection limit:
1.4e5 molec/cm3

Sensitivity to temperature (and correction method, if applicable): :
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Sensitivity to relative humidity (and correction method, if applicable): :
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Sampling method:
Direct sampling

Sample preparation method:
None

Sample residence time (chamber to instrument) (seconds):

Length of tubing (cm):
5

Instrument flow rate:
6 LPM

Tubing inner diameter:
Inquire with PI

Tubing material:
Stainless Steel

Chemical identification method:
Laser-Induced Fluorescence of OH

Data analysis method:
Inquire with PI

Quantification method:
Applying the direct calibration factor for OH

Calibration method:
Producing known amounts of OH in a discharge flow tube, see Brune et al., J. Atmos. Sci., 1995

Calibration drift estimate:

Calibration schedule:

Uncertainty estimation method:
Total uncertainty based on calibration uncertainties

Known interferences:
Interference around instances of high biogenic activity that is temperature dependent (see Mao et al., ACP, 2012). This is corrected for by chemical zeroing.

Link to supplemental information:
https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0469%281995%29052%3C3328%3AMOAHIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2

Additional notes:
PI is William Brune from Penn State

Measurement uncertainty:
OH chem uncertainty (32 pptv), OH interference uncertainty (32 pptv)

Measurement units:
Time (units: seconds), OH chem (units pptv), OH interference (units pptv)