Absorption spectrum of ambient aerosol and its correlation with size distribution in specific atmospheric conditions after a red mud accident

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-59

  Filep, Ágnes ^a   Ajtai, Tibor ^a   Utry, Noémi ^a   Pintér, Máté D ^a   Nyilas, Tünde ^a   Takács, Szabolcs ^b   Máté, Zsuzsanna ^b   Gelencsér, András ^c   Hoffer, András ^c   Schnaiter, Martin ^d   Bozóki, Zoltán ^a   Szabó, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ngstr m exponent; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; SMPS

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AFFECTED AREA; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; FUGITIVE DUST; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-IR; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC ABSORPTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROMETERS; RED MUD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS; SIZE RANGES; SMPS; SPECTRAL RANGE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; ULTRA-VIOLET;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DUST; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED SOIL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLUDGE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84872913681     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.04.0078     Document Type: Article

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