Continuous bioaerosol monitoring in a tropical environment using a UV fluorescence particle spectrometer

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-199

  Stanley, Warren R ^a   Kaye, Paul H ^a   Foot, Virginia E ^b   Barrington, Stephen J ^b   Gallagher, Martin ^c   Gabey, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; Particle fluorescence; Sensor; Spatial scattering; Xenon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON;

BORNEO;

EID: 79954614303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.310     Document Type: Article

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