High-resolution measurement of size distributions of Asian dust using a coulter multisizer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-205

  Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Arao, Kimio ^b   Murayama, Toshiyuki ^c   Iokibe, Kengo ^d   Koga, Ryuji ^d   Shiobara, Masataka ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DUST; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

COULTER MULTISIZER; ELECTRICAL SENSING ZONE (ESZ); WATER-INSOLUBLE AEROSOL PARTICLES (WIPS);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DISPERSIONS; DUST; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AEROSOL; AGGREGATION; DUST; FILTER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRASONICS;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KOFU; YAMANASHI;

EID: 33847728245     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1965.1     Document Type: Article

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