Improved Mobile Application for Measuring Aerosol Optical Thickness in the Ultraviolet-A Wavelength

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2055-2059

  Fung, Che Heng ^a   Wong, Man Sing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

aerosol optical thickness; bandpass filter; MicrotopsII sunphotometer; smartphone

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CALIBRATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CALIBRATION METHOD; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; ROBUST CALIBRATION; SUN PHOTOMETERS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84962175838     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2507202     Document Type: Article

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