Characterization of an aerodynamic lens for transmitting particles greater than 1 micrometer in diameter into the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3271-3280

  Williams, L R ^a   Gonzalez, L A ^b   Peck, J ^a   Trimborn, D ^c   McInnis, J ^d   Farrar, M R ^e   Moore, K D ^f   Jayne, J T ^a   Robinson, W A ^a   Lewis, D K ^a,g   Onasch, T B ^a   Canagaratna, M R ^a   Trimborn, A ^c   Timko, M T ^a,h   Magoon, G ^a   Deng, R ⁱ   Tang, D ^j   De La Rosa Blanco, E ^a   Prevot A S H ^k   Smith, K A ^l   Worsnop, D R ^a   more..

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b CoolChip Technologies ^*  (United States)

^c AeroMegt   (Germany)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School   (United States)

^f Utah State University Research Foundation   (United States)

^g The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^h Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^j Engineering Inc   (United States)

^k PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^l Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84890039028     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-3271-2013     Document Type: Article

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