Ambient aerosol sampling using the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Jimenez, Jose L ^a,b,c   Jayne, John T ^a   Shi, Quan ^a   Kolb, Charles E ^a   Worsnop, Douglas R ^a   Yourshaw, Ivan ^d   Seinfeld, John H ^d   Flagan, Richard C ^d   Zhang, Xuefeng ^b   Smith, Kenneth A ^b   Morris, James W ^e   Davidovits, Paul ^e  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodyne; Aerosol mass spectrometer; Aerosols; Atlanta Supersite; Particle composition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0347236893     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001213     Document Type: Article

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