Airborne single particle mass spectrometers (SPLAT II & miniSPLAT) and new software for data visualization and analysis in a geo-spatial context

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-270

  Zelenyuk, Alla ^a   Imre, Dan ^b   Wilson, Jacqueline ^a   Zhang, Zhiyuan ^c   Wang, Jun ^c   Mueller, Klaus ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Imre Consulting   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol composition; Aerosol size; Cloud condensation nuclei; Single particle mass spectrometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; CONDENSATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA VISUALIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETERS; VISUALIZATION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL SIZE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETERS; VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST; FLIGHT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLUME; RADIATIVE FORCING; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84922583788     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-1043-4     Document Type: Article

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