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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5947-2019
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Research article
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13 Nov 2019
Research article |
| 13 Nov 2019
| 13 Nov 2019
Airborne measurements of particulate organic matter by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS): a pilot study
Felix Piel
Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Markus Müller
Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Tomas Mikoviny
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway
Sally E. Pusede
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123, USA
Armin Wisthaler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of
Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway
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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.
Herein we report on the first successful airborne deployment of a CHARON PTR–ToF–MS...
