Development of a cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) counter using a laser and charge-coupled device (CCD) camera

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-319

  Park, Mikyung ^a   Oh, Jinkwan ^a   Park, Kihong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aerosol; cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) counter; ultrafine particle

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052027976     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-011-0346-y     Document Type: Article

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