Determination of the refractive index and size distribution of aerosol from dual-scattering-angle optical particle counter measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3864-3870

  Hu, Huanling ^a   Li, Xuebin ^a   Zhang, Yinchao ^a   Li, Tao ^b  

^a ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; RADIATION COUNTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FIELD MEASUREMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION CURVES; SUPERPOSITION;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33746104097     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003864     Document Type: Article

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