Aerosol light extinction measurements by Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift (CAPS) spectroscopy: Laboratory validation and field deployment of a compact aerosol particle extinction monitor

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-435

  Massoli, Paola ^a   Kebabian, Paul L ^a   Onasch, Timothy B ^a   Hills, Frank B ^a   Freedman, Andrew ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LIGHT EXTINCTION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; CO-LOCATED; DETECTION LIMITS; DISTORTED WAVEFORMS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH POTENTIAL; INTEGRATION TIME; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LED LIGHTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT DETECTION; MIE THEORY; MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENE; MULTI ANGLE; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL CELLS; PARTICLE EXTINCTION; PARTICLE NUMBER DENSITY; SAMPLE CELL; SCATTERING CALCULATIONS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SQUARE-WAVE;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LABORATORIES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; PHASE SHIFT; PHYSICAL OPTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AEROSOL LIGHT EXTINCTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CAVITY ATTENUATED PHASE SHIFT SPECTROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MONITOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION STUDY; ATMOSPHERE; MULTI ANGLE ABSORPTION PHOTOMETER;

EID: 77951479162     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786821003716599     Document Type: Article

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