Particle number concentration
Measurement Categories: Aerosols
Description: The number of particles present in any given volume of air.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- ARM Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
- Aerosol Observation System (AOS)
- Cimel Sunphotometer (CSPHOT)
- Desert Research Institute Airborne Aerosol Instruments (DRI-AIR)
- Desert Research Institute Ground-Based Aerosol Instruments (DRI-GND)
- Gulfstream (G-1)
- NASA-Ames Cadenza Cavity Ring-Down Instrument (CADENZA)
- NCAR Counterflow Virtual Impactor (CVI)
- NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown (RONBROWN)
- NPS CIRPAS Twin Otter Aircraft (CIRPAS)
- University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft (CITATION)
- University of Washington Airborne Aerosol Instruments (UW-AIR)
- University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft (UW-CONVAIR580)
Datastreams including the measurement
- aos - Aerosol Observing System (AOS): aerosol data, 1-min
- csphotalm1dubo - Cimel Sunphotometer (CSPHOT): Dubovik almucantar retrievals