Facility for production of ambient-like model aerosols (PALMA) in the laboratory: application in the intercomparison of automated PM monitors with the reference gravimetric method

Horender, Stefan; Auderset, Kevin; Quincey, Paul; Seeger, Stefan; Skov, Søren Nielsen; Dirscherl, Kai; Smith, Thomas O. M.; Williams, Katie; Aegerter, Camille C.; Kalbermatter, Daniel M.; Gaie-Levrel, François; Vasilatou, Konstantina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1225-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 1225–1238, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1225-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 1225–1238, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1225-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article 16 Feb 2021

Research article | 16 Feb 2021

Facility for production of ambient-like model aerosols (PALMA) in the laboratory: application in the intercomparison of automated PM monitors with the reference gravimetric method

Stefan Horender et al.

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RC1: 'Review of Facility for generation of ambient-like model aerosols in the laboratory: application in the intercomparison of automated PM monitors with the reference gravimetric method', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Konstantina Vasilatou, 25 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of Horender et al., 2020', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Konstantina Vasilatou, 16 Dec 2020

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ED: Publish as is (12 Jan 2021) by Francis Pope

Short summary

A new facility has been developed which allows for the stable and reproducible generation of ambient-like model aerosols in the laboratory. The set-up consists of multiple aerosol generators, a custom-made flow tube homogeniser, isokinetic sampling probes, and a system to control aerosol temperature and humidity. The model aerosols, which contain fresh and aged soot, inorganic salt, and dust particles, can be used for the calibration of air quality monitoring instruments.