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Title: Photoacoustic Soot Spectrometer (PASS) Instrument Handbook

Abstract

The photoacoustic soot spectrometer (PASS) measures light absorption by aerosol particles. As the particles pass through a laser beam, the absorbed energy heats the particles and in turn the surrounding air, which sets off a pressure wave that can be detected by a microphone. The PASS instruments deployed by ARM can also simultaneously measure the scattered laser light at three wavelengths and therefore provide a direct measure of the single-scattering albedo. The Operator Manual for the PASS-3100 is included here with the permission of Droplet Measurement Technologies, the instrument’s manufacturer.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1226795
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM/TR-123
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-7601830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Dubey, M, Springston, S, Koontz, A, and Aiken, A. Photoacoustic Soot Spectrometer (PASS) Instrument Handbook. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1226795.
Dubey, M, Springston, S, Koontz, A, & Aiken, A. Photoacoustic Soot Spectrometer (PASS) Instrument Handbook. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1226795
Dubey, M, Springston, S, Koontz, A, and Aiken, A. 2013. "Photoacoustic Soot Spectrometer (PASS) Instrument Handbook". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1226795. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226795.
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abstractNote = {The photoacoustic soot spectrometer (PASS) measures light absorption by aerosol particles. As the particles pass through a laser beam, the absorbed energy heats the particles and in turn the surrounding air, which sets off a pressure wave that can be detected by a microphone. The PASS instruments deployed by ARM can also simultaneously measure the scattered laser light at three wavelengths and therefore provide a direct measure of the single-scattering albedo. The Operator Manual for the PASS-3100 is included here with the permission of Droplet Measurement Technologies, the instrument’s manufacturer.},
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