A high-sensitivity low-cost optical particle counter design

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-145

  Gao, R S ^a   Perring, A E ^a,b   Thornberry, T D ^a,b   Rollins, A W ^a,b   Schwarz, J P ^a,b   Ciciora, S J ^a   Fahey, D W ^a,b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; POLYSTYRENE LATEX PARTICLES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VERTICAL PROFILING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLYSTYRENES; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

RADIATION COUNTERS;

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; NOISE REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84876814388     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2012.733039     Document Type: Article

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