Technical Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Light Absorption by Aerosol Particles, held at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 28 July to 8 August 1980.

Contents

• Aerosol Research within the World Climate Research Program
• Absorption of Light by Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Review of Instruments and Measurements
• New Techniques in Light Absorption Measurements
• A Laser Cavity Extinction Photometer for Measurements of Extinction Coefficient and Visual Range
• Generation and Characterization of Aerosol Particles
• Instrumentation Summary
• An Evaluation of Photoacoustic and Transmission Techniques for Monitoring Particulate Carbon
• Collected on Teflon Filters
• The GMCC Four-Wavelength Nephelometer
• Remote Determination of Aerosol Index of Absorption: The Diffuse-to-Direct Method
• Results from University of Washington Participation in First International Workshop of Light Absorption by Aerosol Particles
• Light Absorption Measurements Using Integrating Plate Method
• Optical Properties of Standard Aerosols: A Report of Measurements for the First International
• Workshop on Light Absorption by Aerosol Particles
• Simultaneous Measurements of Aerosol Scattering and Extinction Coefficients in a Multi-Pass Cell
• Imaginary Refractive Index Measurements for Arizona Road Dust and Methene Blue
• Analysis of Polar Nephelometer Data Obtained at the First International Workshop on Light Absorption by Aerosol Particles
• Workshop Measurements of the Aerosol Absorption Coefficient with an Integrating Plate Method and an Integrating Sphere Photometer
• Spectrophone Measurements of Diesel Vehicle Particulate Material
• Diffuse Reflectance and Transmission Measurements of Aerosol Absorption: Report on Results of the First International Workshop on Light Absorption by Aerosols
• University of Arizona Aerosol Absorption Measurements
• Photoacoustic Studies of Aerosol Optical Properties
• Photoacoustic Determination of Light Absorption by Aerosols
• Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Laser Transmission Method
• Remote Sensing of Aerosol in the Free Atmosphere by Passive Optical Techniques
• Results on Aerosol Light Absorption
• Measurement of Light Absorption by Aerosols with an Optoacoustic Detector
• Data Summary
• Data Collation
• Workshop Review
• Author Index
• Subject Index

ISBN 0-937194-00-X, 1982, Hardcover, 420 pages