A comparison of particle mass spectrometers during the 1999 Atlanta supersite project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Middlebrook, Ann M ^a   Murphy, Daniel M ^a   Lee, Shan Hu ^a,b,c   Thomson, David S ^a,b   Prather, Kimberly A ^d,e   Wenzel, Ryan J ^d,e   Liu, Don Yuan ^d   Phares, Denis J ^f,g   Rhoads, Kevin P ^f,h   Wexler, Anthony S ^f,i   Johnston, Murray V ^f   Jimenez, José L ^b,j   Jayne, John T ^j   Worsnop, Douglas R ^j   Yourshaw, Ivan ^k   Seinfeld, John H ^k   Flagan, Richard C ^k  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Denver   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^g Texas AandM University   (United States)

^h SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aerosol; Mass spectrometer; Single particle composition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347867359     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000660     Document Type: Article

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