On the relationship of aerosol optics to moments of particle size distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4189-4192

  De Vasconcelos, Luis A P ^a   Macias, Edward S ^a   White, Warren H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL OPTICS; AMBIENT AIR; MULTI-MODAL;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

INTEGRAL MOMENTS;

EID: 0032534178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998gl900119     Document Type: Article

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