opcsim Tutorial

Aerosol Distributions

• The Aerosol Distribution Tutorial
• The Aerosol Distribution
  • Incorporating Optical and Chemical Properties of Aerosols
• Probability Distribution Function
  • Number Distribution
  • Surface Area Distribution
  • Volume Distribution
• Visualizing the Distribution
  • kwargs for the PDF Plot
  • Visualizing the Effects of Relative Humidity on Particle Growth
• Cumulative Distribution Function
  • Number CDF
  • Surface Area CDF
  • Volume CDF

Simulating and Evaluating an OPC

• Using OPCSIM to Build and Model an Optical Particle Counter (OPC)
• The OPC Model
  • Building more specific OPC’s
• Calibration
  • Calibration Method 1: spline
  • Calibration Method 2: linear
  • calibration Method 3: piecewise
• Evaluating an OPC for a given Aerosol Distribution
  • Iterating across the Particle Size Distribution
  • Visualizing the OPC Histogram
  • Classifying Bin Misassignment

Simulating and Evaluating a nephelometer

• Using OPCSIM to Simulate a Nephelometer
  • Nephelometer Representation
  • Calibration
  • Evaluating a Nephelometer for New Aerosol Distributions