Results and recommendations from an intercomparison of six Hygroscopicity-TDMA systems

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-497

  Massling, A ^a,g   Niedermeier, N ^a   Hennig, T ^a,b   Fors, E O ^c   Swietlicki, E ^c   Ehn, M ^d   Hameri K ^d   Villani, P ^e   Laj, P ^e   Good, N ^f   McFiggans, G ^f   Wiedensohler, A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYGROSCOPICITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

EID: 80052028427     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-485-2011     Document Type: Article

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