Multi-year ACSM measurements at the central European research station Melpitz (Germany) – Part 1: Instrument robustness, quality assurance, and impact of upper size cutoff diameter

Poulain, Laurent; Spindler, Gerald; Grüner, Achim; Tuch, Thomas; Stieger, Bastian; van Pinxteren, Dominik; Petit, Jean-Eudes; Favez, Olivier; Herrmann, Hartmut; Wiedensohler, Alfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4973-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4973-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4973-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

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23 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 23 Sep 2020

Multi-year ACSM measurements at the central European research station Melpitz (Germany) – Part 1: Instrument robustness, quality assurance, and impact of upper size cutoff diameter

Laurent Poulain, Gerald Spindler, Achim Grüner, Thomas Tuch, Bastian Stieger, Dominik van Pinxteren, Jean-Eudes Petit, Olivier Favez, Hartmut Herrmann, and Alfred Wiedensohler

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Jul 2020) by Mingjin Tang

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The stability and the comparability between ACSM and collocated filter sampling and MPSS measurements was investigated in order to examine the instruments robustness for year-long measurements. Specific attention was paid to the influence of the upper size cutoff diameter to better understand how it might affect the data validation. Recommendations are provided for better on-site quality assurance and quality control of the ACSM, which would be useful for either long-term or intensive campaigns.