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Thomas Blake

Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of nitrogen dioxide and water.

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Mary Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
Perform hi-resolution infrared spectroscopy of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) using a short path cell (1, 10, or 20 cm) and the Bruker IFS 120HR Fourier transform spectrometer located in EMSL 1130. …

Infrared Reflectance of Solids

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Thomas Blake
Imaging technologies have been under development for more than 30 years but have only recently been proposed for comprehensive applications. The earliest public sensor and exploitation development…

Non-Linear Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Concepts for Remote Sensing

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Thomas Blake
Linear forms of LIDAR, such as fluorescence or FM-DIAL, have proved ineffective for remotely detecting low concentration or otherwise transient compounds in the atmosphere, especially under standard…

Infrared Spectra of the Fundamental Bands of 34SO2

Lead Institution
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Investigator
Walter Lafferty
Project type
Exploratory Research
Thanks to advances in technology the abundance of sulfur dioxide in urban air has been greatly reduced during the last several decades. The infrared spectrum of the bands of the most abundant …

Infrared Adiabatic Rapid Passage Spectroscopy of Small Gas Phase Molecules

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Thomas Blake
Project type
Exploratory Research
Adiabatic rapid passage and superradiance spectroscopies using quantum cascade lasers are optical techniques that hold the promise of ultratrace detection of molecules in atmospheric grab samples…

High Resolution Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Multidimensional H Transfer in Tropolone/Tropolonoid Molecules-a Bridge to the Behavior in Biological Systems

Lead Institution
Texas Technical University
Principal Investigator
Richard Redington
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
In the year 2000 high resolution infrared spectroscopy experiments conducted in EMSL at PNNL were initiated on the nonrigid gaseous tropolone molecule (2-hydroxy-2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one). On the…

Laboratory Spectroscopy of CO2 for Earth Observations

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Mary Smith
Project type
Exploratory Research
For several instruments on the AURA and AQUA satellites, retrievals of atmospheric temperature profiles are based on observed radiances in infrared spectral regions where emission from atmospheric…

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Metyl Nitrite

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Goss
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will synthesize methyl nitrite at PNNL/EMSL and record its fundamental vibrational bands using the high resolution infrared spectrometer located at PNNL/EMSL.

High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Metyl Nitrite

Lead Institution
Idaho State University
Principal Investigator
Lisa Goss
Project type
Exploratory Research
We will synthesize methyl nitrite at PNNL/EMSL and record its fundamental vibrational bands using the high resolution infrared spectrometer located at PNNL/EMSL.

Plan for Testing of the Acumen Plasma Emitter Array

Lead Institution
Acumen Scientific
Principal Investigator
Robert Ginn
Project type
Limited Scope
The proposed Rapid Access collaboration between the EMSL Infrared Spectroscopy Laboratory and Acumen Scientific will test a new type of infrared plasma emitter array. Such an array can be used for…

Laboratory Spectroscopy of CO2 for Earth Observations

Lead Institution
NASA Langley Research Center
Principal Investigator
Mary Smith
Project type
Limited Scope
For several instruments on the AURA and AQUA satellites, retrievals of atmospheric temperature profiles are based on observed radiances in infrared spectral regions where emission from atmospheric…