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Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer

Subcategory: aerosol sizing
Standard reference: Gao et al. (2016)
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 3

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Description

Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS) measurements of light scattering by particles passing through a laser beam to determine particle size distributions from 140 nm to 3.4 μm diameter. Instruments operate at 1-second resolution with logarithmic size binning.

Typical Equipment

  • POPS instruments
  • 495 nm polystyrene latex beads

Output Measurements

  • particle size distributions
  • number concentrations

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

article

Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net

2025Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicsusing

Places Where Used

Colorado River

stream1 paper

Arizona

state1 paper

Front Range

region1 paper

Gunnison

study site1 paper

Gunnison River Basin

watershed1 paper

Upper Colorado River Basin

watershed1 paper

California

state1 paper

Crested Butte Mountain

peak1 paper

upper East River Valley

valley1 paper

BMid

study site1 paper