Quantifying organic matter and functional groups in particulate matter filter samples from the southeastern United States – Part 1: Methods

Boris, Alexandra J.; Takahama, Satoshi; Weakley, Andrew T.; Debus, Bruno M.; Fredrickson, Carley D.; Esparza-Sanchez, Martin; Burki, Charlotte; Reggente, Matteo; Shaw, Stephanie L.; Edgerton, Eric S.; Dillner, Ann M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5391-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5391-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5391-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

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10 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 10 Oct 2019

Quantifying organic matter and functional groups in particulate matter filter samples from the southeastern United States – Part 1: Methods

Alexandra J. Boris, Satoshi Takahama, Andrew T. Weakley, Bruno M. Debus, Carley D. Fredrickson, Martin Esparza-Sanchez, Charlotte Burki, Matteo Reggente, Stephanie L. Shaw, Eric S. Edgerton, and Ann M. Dillner

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RC1: 'Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1 comment', Alexandra Boris, 07 Aug 2019
RC2: 'FT-IR measurements of group concentrations', qingcai chen, 20 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2, Qingcai Chen, comment', Alexandra Boris, 07 Aug 2019

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Organic species are abundant in atmospheric particle-phase (aerosol) pollution and originate from a variety of biogenic and anthropogenic sources. Infrared spectrometry of filter-based atmospheric particle samples can afford a direct measurement of the particulate organic matter concentration and a characterization of its composition. This work discusses recent method improvements and compositions measured in samples from the SouthEastern Aerosol Research and Characterization (SEARCH) network.