A humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurements of particle hygroscopic growth

Pinterich, Tamara; Spielman, Steven R.; Wang, Yang; Hering, Susanne V.; Wang, Jian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4915-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4915-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4915-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Research article

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15 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 15 Dec 2017

A humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurements of particle hygroscopic growth

Tamara Pinterich, Steven R. Spielman, Yang Wang, Susanne V. Hering, and Jian Wang

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', Tamara Pinterich, 16 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “A Humidity-controlled Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurements of particle hygroscopic growth” by Tamara Pinterich et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', Tamara Pinterich, 16 Oct 2017

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AR by Tamara Pinterich on behalf of the Authors (19 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Oct 2017) by Mingjin Tang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish as is (30 Oct 2017) by Mingjin Tang

AR by Tamara Pinterich on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

The ability of atmospheric particles to uptake water (particle hygroscopicity) is a key parameter in determining their impact on global climate. We present a humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurement of particle hygroscopicity. The HFIMS' performance evaluation shows that it is about an order of magnitude faster than traditional systems, greatly improving our capability to study particle hygroscopicity especially for rapidly evolving aerosols.