Aircraft instrument for comprehensive characterization of aerosol optical properties, part i: Wavelength-dependent optical extinction and its relative humidity dependence measured using cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1305-1318

  Langridge, Justin M ^a,b   Richardson, Mathews S ^a,b   Lack, Daniel ^a,b   Law, Daniel ^b   Murphy, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL PARTICLES; CALIFORNIA; CAVITY RING-DOWN; CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY; CLIMATE SYSTEM; DETECTION LIMITS; EXTINCTION MEASUREMENTS; FIELD DATA; HIGH QUALITY; IN-FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; NEW INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL EXTINCTION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; SPECTROMETERS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; DRY MASS; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY; LASER; MASS EXTINCTION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960376728     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.592745     Document Type: Article

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