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OPC
Optical Particle Counter
Baseline Instrument
The optical particle counter (OPC) is a particle size spectrometer that provides a measure of the particle optical diameter based on scattered light intensity. The OPC provides the number size distribution for particles with optical diameters from 0.25 to 35 micrometers.
Primary Measurements
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Ashish SinghLead Mentor Brookhaven National Laboratory
References
View all references- Kasparoglu et al. "Aerosol mixing state, new particle formation, and cloud droplet number concentration in an urban environment". 2024. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175307.
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