A wavelength-dispersive instrument for characterizing fluorescence and scattering spectra of individual aerosol particles on a substrate

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3987-3998

  Huffman, Donald R ^a   Swanson, Benjamin E ^b   Huffman, J Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ASTRONOMY; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; POLLEN; SCATTERING; SPECTRUM; SUBSTRATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84983732250     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-3987-2016     Document Type: Article

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