Measurement : Particle number concentration

The number of particles present in any given volume of air.

Categories
Aerosols

Instruments

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
    • AOS : Aerosol Observing System
    • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer
    • TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • AOS : Aerosol Observing System
    • AP-SURF : Aerosol Profiler at Surface
    • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer
    • DRI-AIR : Desert Research Institute Airborne Aerosol Instruments
    • DRI-GND : Desert Research Institute Ground-Based Aerosol Instruments
    • G-1 : Gulfstream
    • CADENZA : NASA-Ames Cadenza Cavity Ring-Down Instrument
    • CVI : NCAR Counterflow Virtual Impactor
    • RONBROWN : NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown
    • CIRPAS : NPS CIRPAS Twin Otter Aircraft
    • TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
    • CITATION : University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft
    • UW-AIR : University of Washington Airborne Aerosol Instruments
    • UW-CONVAIR580 : University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft

Datastreams

  • AOS : Aerosol Observing System Datastreams
    • AOS : Aerosol Observing System (AOS): aerosol data, 1-min
  • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer Datastreams
    • CSPHOTALM1DUBO : Cimel Sunphotometer (CSPHOT): Dubovik almucantar retrievals
  • TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer Datastreams
    • TDMAHYG : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer: hygroscopic growth rates
    • TDMASIZE : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer: size-resolved concentrations