Determination of index of refraction and size of supermicrometer particles from light scattering measurements at two angles

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Eidhammer, Trude ^a,b   Montague, Derek C ^b   Deshler, Terry ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REFRACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DUST; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAD; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTION; FILTER PACKS; FORWARD SCATTERING; IMAGINARY PARTS; INDEX OF REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; NON-SPHERICAL; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; POLYCARBONATE FILTERS; REAL PART; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; WYOMING;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

LARAMIE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 56249091798     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009607     Document Type: Article

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