Sensitivity of aerosol refractive index retrievals using optical spectroscopy

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1133-1144

  Zarzana, Kyle J ^a   Cappa, Christopher D ^b   Tolbert, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL TYPES; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BLACK CARBON;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RANDOM ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; REFRACTIVE INDEX RETRIEVAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84911145203     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2014.963498     Document Type: Article

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