Particle extinction measured at ambient conditions with differential optical absorption spectroscopy. 1. System setup and characterization

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1657-1666

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Müller, Detlef ^a   Dubois, René ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL LIDAR SYSTEMS; GRATING SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; RETROREFLECTORS; TRACE-GAS CONCENTRATIONS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 15944427095     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001657     Document Type: Article

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