Title :
Elastic-Light Scattering for the Characterization of Respirable Aerosols
Author :
Fernandes, Gustavo E. ; Pan, Yong-Le ; Aptowicz, Kevin B. ; Auger, Jean-Claude ; Chang, Richard K.
Author_Institution :
Yale Univ., New Haven
Abstract :
The latest technologies for measuring the elastic-light scattering patterns of respirable aerosols in real time are discussed. A technique for post-processing the data is presented which is useful in distinguishing among certain types of aerosols.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; light scattering; aerosol characterization; angular optical scattering; elastic-light scattering; respirable aerosols; Aerosols; Aggregates; Data mining; Histograms; Image processing; Light scattering; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453754