An Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) for routine monitoring of the composition and mass concentrations of ambient aerosol

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 780-794

  Ng, N L ^a   Herndon, S C ^a   Trimborn, A ^a   Canagaratna, M R ^a   Croteau, P L ^a   Onasch, T B ^a   Sueper, D ^a,b   Worsnop, D R ^a   Zhang, Q ^c   Sun, Y L ^c   Jayne, J T ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FACTORIZATION; IMPACT IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLES; AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRON IMPACT-IONIZATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; ROUTINE MONITORING; SUB-MICRON PARTICULATES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE;

AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AEROSOL; AEROSOL CHEMICAL SPECIATION MONITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON IMPACT IONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBON LIKE ORGANIC AEROSOL; IONIZATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGENATED ORGANIC AEROSOL; OXYGENATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNITED STATES; VACUUM; VACUUM THERMAL PARTICLE VAPORIZATION; VAPORIZATION; VAPORIZER;

EID: 79251494533     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.560211     Document Type: Article

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