Particle sizing calibration with refractive index correction for light scattering optical particle counters and impacts upon PCASP and CDP data collected during the Fennec campaign

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1147-1163

  Rosenberg, P D ^a   Dean, A R ^b   Williams, P I ^c   Dorsey, J R ^c   Minikin, A ^d   Pickering, M A ^e   Petzold, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Facility of Airborne Atmospheric Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DUST; HISTOGRAM; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REPOSITORY; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

VULPES ZERDA;

EID: 84861356191     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1147-2012     Document Type: Article

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