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__Bio__ Potential applications for human health (dust cloud and microbial density/distribution), and microbe particle size [] Real-time measurement of dual-wavelength laser-induced fluorescence spectra of individual aerosol particles [] Cloud top remote sensing by airborne LIDAR (abstract) [] Stratospheric background aerosol and polar cloud observations by laser backscattersonde within the framework of the European project "Stratospheric Regular Sounding'' (1999) [] Fluorescence from atmospheric aerosol detected by a lidar indicates biogenic particles in the lowermost stratosphere (2004) [] [] UV light diffraction/neutralization, ozone layer and ice nucleation: implications for analysis and further study? "The actual abundance and origin of biogenic aerosol particles and components are, however, still poorly understood and quantiﬁed." (V. R. Despres´, J. F. Nowoisky, M. Klose,R. Conrad,M. O. Andreae, and U. Poschl, 2007) [] Trapping microbes with optical nanofibers: [] Medical application: [] UV fluorescence detection of microbes [] UV- LIDAR, laser intensity parameters (2008) [] Astrobiology and Stratospheric Microbiology [] Laser Based Stand-Off Detection of Biological Agents (nm measurements) [] Real-time monitoring for bioaerosols—flow cytometry (2007) florescense, NAD(P)H [] GATech: detection of microorganisms in upper troposphere [] Fraunhofer institute: optical detection of microbes [] Evaluation of an Instantaneous Microbial Detection Systemin Controlledand Cleanroom Environments, NAD(P)H [] automatic particle counting: [] comprehensive environmental monitoring guide [] particles in the strat [] photodiode as substitute for photomultiplier tubes: [] photomultipliers and their peripheral circuits: []

Single particle laser ablation mass spectrophotometer [] Make a laser beam larger with precise, diffracted mirrors [] Parabolic scattering of the laser beam, perhaps? [] Collimating, Focusing, and expanding a laser beam [] Nanometer Bacteria Detection with Laser [] Particle Counting--page 20 for laser ref; 6 for general particle sizes [] History of In Situ Stratospheric Particle Counting [|http://books.google.com/books?id=8WJYFWl5nNUC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=stratospheric+particle+counting&source=bl&ots=2juqyOdz6z&sig=QQZol5JSiPcxV2-pvqkG8VhmhCI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z2a3Ur_aMov7kQes44DABw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=stratospheric%20particle%20counting&f=false] Similar technologies [] [] [] []

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Air filtering/airflow techniques for UV LIF http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/027868299304778

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