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Aerosol Properties & Processes: Instruments

Abbreviation Name Measurement Contact
CMASS Coarse-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer Aerosol size distribution - Aerosol Microphysical Properties (AMP) suite Adam Ahern
CRD Cavity RingDown aerosol extention spectrometer Aerosol absorption and extinction - Aerosol Optical Properties (AOP) Adam Ahern
LAS Laser Aerosol Spectrometer Aerosol size distribution Gregg Schill
LiNeph Laser Imaging Nephelometer Aerosol scattering Adam Ahern
miniSAP miniature Scanning Aerosol Sun Photometer Vertical profile of aerosols Dan Murphy
NMASS Nucleation-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer Aerosol size distribution - Aerosol Microphysical Properties (AMP) suite Ming Lyu
opCRD open path Cavity RingDown spectrometer Aerosol absorption and extinction Dan Murphy
PALMS Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry Aerosol composition Dan Murphy
PALMS-NG Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry - Next Generation Aerosol composition Dan Murphy
Gregg Schill
PAS Photoacoustic Aerosol absorption Spectrometer Aerosol absorption - Aerosol Optical Properties (AOP) Adam Ahern
SMPS Scanning Mobility Size Spectrometer Aerosol size distribution Adam Ahern
SOAP ruggedized cavity ringdown spectroscopy and photoacoustic spectroscopy Aerosol absorption, extinction, and single scattering albedo Adam Ahern
UHSAS Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer Aerosol size distribution - Aerosol Microphysical Properties (AMP) suite Adam Ahern
WLOPC White-Light Optical Particle Counter Aerosol size and concentration Adam Ahern