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Research article
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19 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 19 Jun 2018
| 19 Jun 2018
Fast time response measurements of particle size distributions in the 3–60 nm size range with the nucleation mode aerosol size spectrometer
Christina Williamson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305-3337,
USA
Agnieszka Kupc
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305-3337,
USA
James Wilson
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of
Denver, Denver, CO 80208-177, USA
David W. Gesler
St. Mary's Academy, Englewood, CO 80113, USA
J. Michael Reeves
Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Frank Erdesz
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305-3337,
USA
Richard McLaughlin
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305-3337,
USA
Charles A. Brock
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305-3337,
USA
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Short summary
We describe the operating principle, design and performance of the Nucleation Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer (NMASS), an instrument composed of 5 condensation particle counters measuring size selected particle concentrations between 3 and 60 nm. An inversion to recover size distributions from the data is evaluated. Calibrations of a 2-NMASS system for measuring size distributions on the NASA Atmospheric Tomography Mission, and examples of its in-flight performance are presented.
We describe the operating principle, design and performance of the Nucleation Mode Aerosol Size...
