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July 24, 2014
Scintillation is what makes stars twinkle. It is what causes mirage in deserts or on hot surfaces. It is what causes shimmer underwater in the vicinity of hot vents in oceans. These effects result from temperature fluctuations in air or water. The same...
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November 11, 2013
How to Compute the Mean Particle Diameter from a LISST Volume Distribution
[Sequoia, March 26, 2010]
In the table below, the computation of the mean particle size from a LISST volume distribution is outlined.Column A is the size class...
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October 11, 2013
The acceptance angle of the LISST-100X / LISST-STX transmission measurement differs between instruments:
IN AIR, the LISST-100X type C has an acceptance angle of 0.0177 degrees while a type B has an acceptance angle of 0.0353 degrees.
The discontinued...
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September 23, 2013
For the LISST-100X and LISST-Portable particle sizers, the user has an option to choose between two different shape models for inverting the scattering pattern into a size distribution. The two models are called Spherical and Randomly shaped particles.
The...
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August 30, 2013
Yes. The files called factory_zsc_xxxx.asc, ringarea_xxxx.asc (where xxxx is the serial number) are instrument specific.
Also the files InstrumentData.txt and LISST.ini contains instrument specific information, but these two files can contain information...
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