Mass-specific optical absorption coefficients and imaginary part of the complex refractive indices of mineral dust components measured by a multi-wavelength photoacoustic spectrometer

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 401-410

  Utry, N ^a   Ajtai, T ^a   Pinter M ^a   Tombacz E ^b   Illes E ^b   Bozoki Z ^a   Szabo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC METHOD; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; MIE THEORY; OXIDE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICATE MINERAL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84921494212     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-401-2015     Document Type: Article

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