The spectral aerosol extinction monitoring system (SÇMS): Setup, observational products, and comparisons

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 701-712

  Skupin, A ^a   Ansmann, A ^a   Engelmann, R ^a   Baars, H ^a   Muller T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EXTINCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 84895788824     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-701-2014     Document Type: Article

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