A calibration technique for improving refractive index retrieval from aerosol cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 955-965

  Toole, Justin R ^a,b   Renbaum Wolff, Lindsay ^b,c   Smith, Geoffrey D ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY; COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTION; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; EXTINCTION CROSS SECTION; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CALIBRATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFRACTION INDEX; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84884547763     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.805875     Document Type: Article

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