Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5947-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5947-2019
Research article
 | 
13 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 13 Nov 2019

Airborne measurements of particulate organic matter by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS): a pilot study

Felix Piel, Markus Müller, Tomas Mikoviny, Sally E. Pusede, and Armin Wisthaler

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Armin Wisthaler on behalf of the Authors (05 Sep 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2019) by Bin Yuan
AR by Armin Wisthaler on behalf of the Authors (29 Sep 2019)  Manuscript 

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval
AA by Armin Wisthaler on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2019)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (12 Nov 2019) by Bin Yuan
Download
Short summary
Herein we report on the first successful airborne deployment of a CHARON PTR–ToF–MS instrument aboard the NASA DC–8 research aircraft. The analyzer is capable of chemically characterizing submicrometer atmospheric particles in a quantitative manner, at the near–molecular level, in real time. This brings a new and unprecedented measurement capability to the airborne atmospheric science community.