Numerical and experimental study of the performance of the dual wavelength optical particle spectrometer (DWOPS)

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-478

  Nagy, A ^a   Szymanski, W W ^b   Gal P ^a   Golczewski, A ^b   Czitrovszky, A ^a  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absorption; Light scattering; Optical aerosol measurement; Particle sizing; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DUAL WAVELENGTH OPTICAL PARTICLE SPECTROMETER (DWOPS); LASER SOURCES; MEASURING SYSTEM; OPTICAL AEROSOL MEASUREMENT;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

AEROSOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETER; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; DUAL WAVELENGTH OPTICAL PARTICLE SPECTROMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETER; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247157333     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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