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16 May 2023
Research article |
| 16 May 2023
| 16 May 2023
Applicability of the low-cost OPC-N3 optical particle counter for microphysical measurements of fog
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Moein Mohammadi
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Szymon Malinowski
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Markowicz
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Short summary
In this paper we evaluate the low-cost Alphasense OPC-N3 optical particle counter for measurements of fog microphysics. We compare OPC-N3 with the Oxford Lasers VisiSize D30. This work is significant because OPC-N3 can be used with drones for vertical profiles in fog.
In this paper we evaluate the low-cost Alphasense OPC-N3 optical particle counter for...
