Article
A Correction Algorithm for Particle-Size Distribution Measurements Made with the Forward-Scattering Spectrometer Probe
Review of Scientific Instruments
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-1989
Disciplines
Abstract
Multiparticle coincidence events in the scattering volume of the forward-scattering spectrometer probe (FSSP) cause the instrument to bias the measurement of the particle size distribution of atmospheric aerosols toward large diameters. We employ a probabilistic model based on Poisson statistics to determine the average diameter and rms width of the actual size distribution as functions of the average diameter and rms width of the measured distribution. We compare our predictions to a Monte Carlo simulation of the FSSP operation
DOI
10.1063/1.1140277
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Copyright 1989 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Review of Scientific Instruments 60 (1989): 1154-1160 and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.1140277.
Citation Information
Lock, James A. and Edward A. Hovenac. "A Correction Algorithm for Particle-Size Distribution Measurements Made with the Forward-Scattering Spectrometer Probe." Review of Scientific Instruments 60 (1989): 1154-1160.