Exploring the applicability and limitations of selected optical scattering instruments for PM mass measurement

Zhang, Jie; Marto, Joseph P.; Schwab, James J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2995-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2995-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2995-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

Research article

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22 May 2018

Research article |

| 22 May 2018

Exploring the applicability and limitations of selected optical scattering instruments for PM mass measurement

Jie Zhang, Joseph P. Marto, and James J. Schwab

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RC1: 'Comments on Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 comments', Jie Zhang, 20 Apr 2018
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2 comments', Jie Zhang, 20 Apr 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jie Zhang on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Apr 2018) by Pierre Herckes

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Apr 2018)

ED: Publish as is (26 Apr 2018) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Jie Zhang on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2018)

Short summary

The performance of two kinds of optical instruments for aerosol mass measurements was explained by a Mie scattering theory. At the same time, the response of optical instruments for ambient aerosol with different size, chemical composition, and refractive index were also studied. These would help evaluate the applicability and limitations of these optical scattering instruments.