Nephelometer optical response model for the interpretation of atmospheric aerosol measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2642-2649

  Rosen, James M ^a   Pinnick, Ronald G ^b   Garvey, Dennis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosol scattering; Nephelometer; Nephelometer response; Optical mode; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL; OPTICAL RESPONSE MODEL;

EID: 0031399545     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002642     Document Type: Article

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