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Intercomparison of photoacoustic and cavity attenuated phase shift instruments: laboratory calibration and field measurements
Jialuo Zhang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power
Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power
Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Meng Wang
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power
Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Mingxu Su
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power
Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Wu Zhou
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power
Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
Ravi Varma
Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Calicut,
Calicut 673601, Kerala, India
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power
Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai
for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of the Cause and
Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environmental
Science, Shanghai 200070, China
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Short summary
Based on the intercomparison of photoacoustic and cavity attenuation phase shift instruments, this paper has corrected and calibrated the data of recent field measurements. It showed good agreement and close correlation in the optical properties measured from different optical methods, and the scattering coefficient plays a crucial role as the bridge in constructing correlation between both instruments.
Based on the intercomparison of photoacoustic and cavity attenuation phase shift instruments,...
