Design and performance of a three-wavelength LED-based total scatter and backscatter integrating nephelometer

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1291-1303

  Muller T ^a   Laborde, M ^b,c   Kassell, G ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ECOTECH PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT NOISE; AURORA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SCATTEROMETER; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 80051607352     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1291-2011     Document Type: Article

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