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  • TSI Integrating Nephelometers are designed specifically for studies of direct radiative forcing of the Earth’s climate by aerosol particles, or studies of ground-based or airborne atmospheric visual air quality in clean areas. They may also be used as an analytical detector for aerosol particles whenever the parameter of interest is the light-scattering coefficient of the particles after a pretreatment step, such as heating, humidification, or segregation by size. The light-scattering coefficient is a highly variable aerosol property. Integrating Nephelometers measure the angular integral of light scattering that yields the quantity called the aerosol scattering coefficient, which is used in the Beer-Lambert Law to calculate total light extinction. (en)

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  • 2021-12-14 08:41:09.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (RR Neph [59c3ceea-e637-4400-a980-5eaedfa4eb91,835981] - NEPHELOMETERS [c39f54a3-efd0-4596-8d5b-fe7ab519d13f,828267]);

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