Monitoring aerosol extinction with cavity enhanced/ring-down spectroscopy: A brief review

Xue-zhe XU; Wei-xiong ZHAO; Mei-li DONG; Xue-jun GU; Chang-jin HU; Yan-bo GAI; Xiao-ming GAO; Wei HUANG; Wei-jun ZHANG

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2014.04.013

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