The "dual-spot" Aethalometer: An improved measurement of aerosol black carbon with real-time loading compensation

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1965-1979

  Drinovec, L ^a   Mocnik G ^a   Zotter, P ^b,i   Prevot A S H ^b   Ruckstuhl, C ^c   Coz, E ^d   Rupakheti, M ^e   Sciare, J ^f   Muller T ^g   Wiedensohler, A ^g   Hansen, A D A ^a,h  

^a Aerosol doo   (Slovenia)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c InNET Monitoring AG   (Switzerland)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h Magee Scientific   (United States)

ⁱ LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; REAL TIME; TRACER;

EID: 84928966481     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-1965-2015     Document Type: Article

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