Characterization of a newly developed aircraft-based laser ablation aerosol mass spectrometer (ALABAMA) and first field deployment in urban pollution plumes over paris during MEGAPOLI 2009

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-64

  Brands, M ^a,b,c   Kamphus, M ^a,d,e   Bottger, T ^a   Schneider, J ^a   Drewnick, F ^a   Roth, A ^a   Curtius, J ^f   Voigt, C ^d,g   Borbon, A ^h   Beekmann, M ^h   Bourdon, A ⁱ   Perrin, T ⁱ   Borrmann, S ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Earth System Science Research Centre Geocycles   (Germany)

^c Deutsche Lufthansa AG   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

ⁱ SAFIRE Service des Avions Francais Instrumentes Pour la Recherche en Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

532 NM LASER; ABLATION EFFICIENCY; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; AIR MASS; ALABAMA; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; GREATER PARIS; MASS SPECTRA; PARIS , FRANCE; SINGLE PARTICLE; SIZE RANGES; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; URBAN POLLUTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE IONS; PULSED LASERS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

AIRCRAFT;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT BASED LASER ABLATION AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION; FRANCE; IONIZATION; LASER SURGERY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79953709763     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2010.517813     Document Type: Article

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