The white-light humidified optical particle spectrometer (WHOPS) - A novel airborne system to characterize aerosol hygroscopicity

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 921-939

  Rosati, B ^a   Wehrle, G ^a   Gysel, M ^a   Zieger, P ^a,b   Baltensperger, U ^a   Weingartner, E ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AMMONIUM SULFATE; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84923888286     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-921-2015     Document Type: Article

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