Chamber catalogues of optical and fluorescent signatures distinguish bioaerosol classes

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3283-3292

  Hernandez, Mark ^a   Perring, Anne E ^b,c   McCabe, Kevin ^d   Kok, Greg ^e   Granger, Gary ^e   Baumgardner, Darrel ^e  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Sciences   (United States)

^e Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84980000144     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-3283-2016     Document Type: Article

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