Optical and electrochemical instrumentation for atmospheric sensing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 270
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infrared spectroscopy; environmental sensing; wireless sensor networks; integrated photonics; quantum cascade lasers; trace-gas sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, large-scale urbanization has rapidly increased energy demand and utilization, derived primarily from the extraction and combustion of nonrenewable fossil fuels. On a global scale, these anthropogenic emissions, comprising of greenhouse gases as well as primary and secondary atmospheric pollutants, have caused significant disruption to global biogeochemical cycles. Examples of such pollutants include carbon/sulfur/nitrogen-based compounds and aerosols. Quantifying the impacts of atmospheric pollutants is crucial to the demonstration and deployment of sensing instrumentation to measure their concentration, spatial distribution, and lifetimes in the atmosphere.
This Special Issue will focus on the development and application of sensing instrumentation for monitoring gaseous airborne pollutants and aerosols, as well as atmospheric dispersion modeling pertaining to the accurate quantification and detection of such pollutants. We particularly welcome early-phase sensing technologies with initial proof-of-concept laboratory or field-deployment results. Broadly, areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Optical sensing and spectrometry (NDIR, spectrophotometry, laser-based IR and terahertz spectrometers, cavity enhanced methods, etc.) for point and mobile sensing, and optical imaging (thermographic, hyperspectral, and LIDAR) for remote measurements;
- Electrochemical sensors (e.g., hot metal oxide sensors) for the detection of volatile organic compounds;
- Aerial- and satellite-based detection and monitoring of airborne pollutants and geographical information system (GIS) integration;
- Wireless sensor networks for the real-time localization and quantification of fugitive emissions;
- Atmospheric and air/plume-dispersion modeling for an improved understanding of the dynamics of airborne pollutants and greenhouse gases.
The editors invite high-quality submissions dealing with original research findings and topical reviews to allow readers to gain further insight into state-of-art atmospheric sensing and monitoring.
Dr. Eric Zhang
Dr. Genevieve Plant
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- atmospheric sensing
- fugitive emissions
- dispersion modeling
- optical sensors
- infrared spectroscopy
- optical imaging
- electrochemical sensors
- geographical information systems (GIS)
- wireless sensor networks
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