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Spring is in the Air

Spring is in the Air

At the home of OPSIS, the phrase ‘spring is in the air’ is an established saying which means long-awaited warmer and longer days and the sense of a new beginning. But what’s in the air in the spring, really? Let’s take a look at seasonal variations of air pollution!
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Good Averages, on Average?

Good Averages, on Average?

We all know how to calculate the average of a set of values: add the individual values and then divide by the number of them. Right? Yes, almost always right, but if you work with air quality and specifically meteorological data, you must sometimes think a little further.
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Keep an Eye on Ozone

Keep an Eye on Ozone

Stratospheric ozone is a blessing. It prevents most of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation from reaching the surface of the earth, and thereby protects surface-dwelling life from damaging UV rays. At the same time, ground-level ozone is a major air pollutant. Let’s take a closer look at the latter phenomenon.
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Inside the Gas Analyser – the Tuneable Diode Laser

Inside the Gas Analyser – the Tuneable Diode Laser

OPSIS is probably best known for its gas analyser systems based on broad-band (“white”) light from xenon lamps and spectrometers or interferometers as the core analysis devices. However, OPSIS also offers an instrument type base on a quite different optical technique – light absorption detected by utilizing a tuneable diode laser. Let’s take a closer look!
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The Positive of Negative Numbers

The Positive of Negative Numbers

You may have seen a gas concentration reported as less than zero, and that may have made the alarm bells go off. There can of course not be less than no molecules present in the air. But it doesn’t have to mean that the monitoring equipment is bad, it can just as well be valuable data. Let’s take a closer look on how that works!
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