The micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor-droplet freezing technique (MOUDI-DFT) for measuring concentrations of ice nucleating particles as a function of size: Improvements and initial validation

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2449-2462

  Mason, R H ^a   Chou, C ^a   McCluskey, C S ^b   Levin, E J T ^b   Schiller, C L ^c   Hill, T C J ^b   Huffman, J A ^d   Demott, P J ^b   Bertram, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROPLET; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FREEZING; ICE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSTRATE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934976248     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-2449-2015     Document Type: Article

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