Instrument for long-path spectral extinction measurements in air: Application to sizing of airborne particles

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4261-4274

  Paganini, Enrico ^a   Trespidi, Franco ^b   Ferri, Fabio ^c  

^a ENEL   (Italy)

^b CESI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; INFRARED RADIATION; LATEXES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0037823321     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004261     Document Type: Article

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