Articles | Volume 12, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2837-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2837-2019
Research article
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17 May 2019
Research article |  | 17 May 2019

Negligible influence of livestock contaminants and sampling system on ammonia measurements with cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Jesper Nørlem Kamp, Albarune Chowdhury, Anders Peter S. Adamsen, and Anders Feilberg

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We tested the performance of a cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) instrument from Picarro for measuring ammonia. Interference tests with 10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were conducted to find potential interference of these VOCs. Calibrations show excellent linearity over a large dynamic range of NH3 concentrations. There is negligible interference from humidity and few of the tested VOCs. Overall, the CRDS system performs well with only negligible influence from other compounds.