Photoacoustic and nephelometric spectroscopy of aerosol optical properties with a supercontinuum light source

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3501-3513

  Sharma, N ^a   Arnold, I J ^b   Moosmuller H ^b   Arnott, W P ^c   Mazzoleni, C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84890467810     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-3501-2013     Document Type: Article

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