Correction for a measurement artifact of the Multi-Angle Absorption Photometer (MAAP) at high black carbon mass concentration levels

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-90

  Hyvarinen A P ^a   Vakkari, V ^b   Laakso, L ^a,c   Hooda, R K ^a,d   Sharma, V P ^d   Panwar, T S ^d,e   Beukes, J P ^c   Van Zyl, P G ^c   Josipovic, M ^c   Garland, R M ^f,g   Andreae, M O ^f   Poschl U ^f   Petzold, A ^h  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^e WWF India ^*  (India)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^h FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTOMETER; SPECTROMETER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; INDIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84875691624     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-81-2013     Document Type: Article

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