An integrated airborne particle-measuring facility and its preliminary use in atmospheric aerosol studies
Abstract
An integrated airborne system for studying aerosol particles and their effects on the atmosphere is described. Particles from 0.01 to 30 micrometers in maximum dimensions, covering concentrations from 10 to the 7th to 10 to the -6th/cu cm, can be measured and the measurements displayed in the aircraft. Particles from 5 to 100 micrometer are collected by impaction and their deliquescent nature and elemental compositions are determined in post-analysis. Also measured are the light scattering coefficient of the aerosol, Aitken nuclei concentrations, cloud condensation nuclei, and ice nuclei. Examples of data collected with this system over the Pacific Ocean, in the western and eastern regions of Washington State, and in the plume from a paper mill are presented.
- Publication:
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Journal of Aerosol Science
- Pub Date:
- May 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0021-8502(76)90035-5
- Bibcode:
- 1976JAerS...7..195H
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Air Pollution;
- Aircraft Instruments;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Particulate Sampling;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Data Acquisition;
- Effluents;
- Pollution Monitoring;
- Scattering Coefficients;
- Washington;
- Instrumentation and Photography