Design and application of an unattended multifunctional H-TDMA system

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1136-1148

  Tan, Haobo ^a,b   Xu, Hanbing ^c   Wan, Qilin ^b   Li, Fei ^b   Deng, Xuejiao ^b   Chan, P W ^d   Xia, Dong ^e   Yin, Yan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

^e Dongguan Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; HYGROSCOPICITY-TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; POLYSTYRENE LATEX SPHERES; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY CONTROL;

PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AMMONIUM SULFATE; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84880003088     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00129.1     Document Type: Article

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