Field and laboratory evaluation of a high time resolution x-ray fluorescence instrument for determining the elemental composition of ambient aerosols

Tremper, Anja H.; Font, Anna; Priestman, Max; Hamad, Samera H.; Chung, Tsai-Chia; Pribadi, Ari; Brown, Richard J. C.; Goddard, Sharon L.; Grassineau, Nathalie; Petterson, Krag; Kelly, Frank J.; Green, David C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3541-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3541-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3541-2018

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

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

Research article

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20 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 20 Jun 2018

Field and laboratory evaluation of a high time resolution x-ray fluorescence instrument for determining the elemental composition of ambient aerosols

Anja H. Tremper, Anna Font, Max Priestman, Samera H. Hamad, Tsai-Chia Chung, Ari Pribadi, Richard J. C. Brown, Sharon L. Goddard, Nathalie Grassineau, Krag Petterson, Frank J. Kelly, and David C. Green

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RC1: 'Suggestions for minor corrections to the manuscript', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Author’s response to the interactive discussion comments - Referee 2', Anja Tremper, 16 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Anonymous referee #1', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Author’s response to the interactive discussion comments - Referee 1', Anja Tremper, 16 Mar 2018
RC3: 'Comment on amt-2017-363', Anonymous Referee #5, 10 Jan 2018
- AC6: 'Author’s response to the interactive discussion comments - Referee 5', Anja Tremper, 16 Mar 2018
RC4: 'Reviewer's comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 10 Jan 2018
- AC4: 'Author’s response to the interactive discussion comments - Referee 3', Anja Tremper, 16 Mar 2018
RC5: 'Review AMT-2017-363', Anonymous Referee #4, 15 Jan 2018
- AC5: 'Author’s response to the interactive discussion comments - Referee 4', Anja Tremper, 16 Mar 2018

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

AR by Anja Tremper on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Apr 2018) by Willy Maenhaut

The authors have reasonably addressed the comments of the five anonymous referees and they have modified their manuscript accordingly. However, the comments below should be taken into consideration for the main text and the Supplement before the manuscript can be published in AMT.

Main text:
Page 2, line 2: replace "sources detection" by "source detection".
Page 2, line 7: Pd should be removed from the list of elements as it was not measured in the PM; as indicated on page 5, lines 10-11, a Pd rod was used for the internal standard measurement.
Page 3, line 38: it is unclear for which technique Cu was close to the detection limit; this should be specified.
Page 3, lines 39-40: replace "filter based measurement" by "filters".
Page 5, line 8: replace "reported are" by "measured are".
Page 6, line 37: replace "to100" by "to 100".
Page 7, line 6: which PM inlet, if any, was used with the Aethalometer?
Page 7, line 18, and page 12, line 19: I think that it should be "Zefluor" instead of "Zeflour"?
Page 7, line 21: replace "25mm" by "25 mm".
Page 7, line 31: insert a "." after "method".
Page 8, line 13: "CEN, 2014" is missing from the Reference list.
Page 8, lines 28-30: the unit for the thin film standards in mass per cm2 while that for the elements in the PM is in mass per m3; how can the data then be compared?
Page 9, line 5: rename "Table 3-6" by "Tables 3-6".
Page 10, line 12: it should be specified for which measurement location the EXACT and URG were compared.
Page 10, line 13: replace "cation ranged" by "cations ranged".
Page 10, line 19: rename "Table 3 -5" by "Tables 3-5".
Page 10, line 31: it is unclear for which technique many Cd and Ce data were below the detection limit; this should be specified.
Page 11, line 17: abbreviations and acronyms, here "CI" should be defined (written full-out) when first used.
Page 12, line 20: the measurement location ("at Marylebone Rd") should be added at the end of this line.
Page 13, line 9: the measurement location ("at Tinsley, Sheffield") should be added at the end of this line.
Pages 13-15, Reference list: titles of journal articles should be in lower case instead of in Title Case.
Page 14, lines 19-21: this reference should be updated; the article was already published in AMT.
Page 17, caption of Figure 3: the measurement location should be added in the caption.
Page 18, caption of Figure 5: the measurement location should be added in the caption.
Page 19, caption of Figure 6: the measurement location should be added in the caption.

Supplement:
Page 2, top line: replace "sample location" by "sampling locations"
Page 2, caption of Figure S1: replace "sample locations" by "sampling locations".

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 May 2018) by Willy Maenhaut

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ED: Publish as is (25 May 2018) by Willy Maenhaut

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Short summary

Measuring the chemical composition of airborne particulates can provide valuable information on the concentration of regulated toxic metals and their sources and assist in the identification and validation of abatement techniques. Undertaking these measurements at a high time resolution enables computer modelling techniques to be more robustly linked to emission processes. This study describes a comprehensive laboratory and field evaluation of a high time resolution metal monitoring instrument.