Characterisation and airborne deployment of a new counterflow virtual impactor inlet

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1259-1269

  Shingler, T ^a   Dey, S ^b   Sorooshian, A ^a,c   Brechtel, F J ^b   Wang, Z ^a   Metcalf, A ^d   Coggon, M ^d   Mulmenstadt J ^e   Russell, L M ^e   Jonsson, H H ^f   Seinfeld, J H ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Brechtel Manufacturing Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; FLOW PATTERN; LABORATORY METHOD; SMOKE; VOLCANIC CLOUD; WIND TUNNEL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869032433     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1259-2012     Document Type: Article

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