Clustered and integrated fluorescence spectra from single atmospheric aerosol particles excited by a 263- and 351-nm laser at New Haven, CT, and Adelphi, MD

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2213-2221

  Pan, Yong Le ^a   Huang, Hermes ^b   Chang, Richard K ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Real Time Analyzers Inc   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

263 and 351 nm lasers; Atmospheric aerosol particles; Bioaerosol; Fluorescence spectra; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Time integrated spectral profiles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIOAEROSOLS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOSENSORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR;

FLUORESCENCE;

AEROSOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867416811     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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