Particle-fluorescence spectrometer for real-time single-particle measurements of atmospheric organic carbon and biological aerosol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 429-434

  Pan, Yong Le ^a   Pinnick, Ronald G ^b   Hill, Steven C ^b   Chang, Richard K ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOLS; DATA BLOCKS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETERS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM; INLET NOZZLES; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCES; LIGHT-SCATTERING; PMT DETECTORS; REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS; SAMPLE RATES; SINGLE PARTICLES; SPECTRAL COVERAGES; TIME RESOLUTIONS; TIME STAMPS;

DETECTORS; FIRE HAZARDS; FLUORESCENCE; GAS DYNAMICS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTROMETRY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; REAL TIME; SPECTROMETER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETER; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; LASER; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALIBRATION; CARBON; LASERS; LIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 62749095988     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801544y     Document Type: Article

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