Fine particle sensor based on multi-angle light scattering and data fusion

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Shao, Wenjia ^a   Zhang, Hongjian ^a   Zhou, Hongliang ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Light flux; Mass concentration; PM2.5; Relative humidity; Weather index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA FUSION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTODIODES; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

LIGHT FLUXES; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS; MULTI-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERINGS; PM2.5; WEATHER INDEX;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 85019146578     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17051033     Document Type: Article

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