WO2006026292A3 - System and method for calibrating remote emissions sensing instruments - Google Patents

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WO2006026292A3
WO2006026292A3 PCT/US2005/030073 US2005030073W WO2006026292A3 WO 2006026292 A3 WO2006026292 A3 WO 2006026292A3 US 2005030073 W US2005030073 W US 2005030073W WO 2006026292 A3 WO2006026292 A3 WO 2006026292A3
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Donald H Stedman
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Abstract

An apparatus for obtaining calibration curves for carbon and carbon dioxide during laboratory calibration for remote emissions sensing (RES) instruments and for use as self-calibration of on road RES instruments to compensate for changes in background carbon and carbon dioxide column densities (30).
PCT/US2005/030073 2004-08-25 2005-08-25 System and method for calibrating remote emissions sensing instruments WO2006026292A2 (en)

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