Sizing response of the Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS) and Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) to changes in submicron aerosol composition and refractive index

Moore, Richard H.; Wiggins, Elizabeth B.; Ahern, Adam T.; Zimmerman, Stephen; Montgomery, Lauren; Campuzano Jost, Pedro; Robinson, Claire E.; Ziemba, Luke D.; Winstead, Edward L.; Anderson, Bruce E.; Brock, Charles A.; Brown, Matthew D.; Chen, Gao; Crosbie, Ewan C.; Guo, Hongyu; Jimenez, Jose L.; Jordan, Carolyn E.; Lyu, Ming; Nault, Benjamin A.; Rothfuss, Nicholas E.; Sanchez, Kevin J.; Schueneman, Melinda; Shingler, Taylor J.; Shook, Michael A.; Thornhill, Kenneth L.; Wagner, Nicholas L.; Wang, Jian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4517-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 4517–4542, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4517-2021

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

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 4517–4542, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4517-2021

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Research article 18 Jun 2021

Research article | 18 Jun 2021

Sizing response of the Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS) and Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) to changes in submicron aerosol composition and refractive index

Richard H. Moore et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4517-2021-supplement

Data sets

Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality Data Set FIREX-AQ Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/FIREXAQ2019/DATA001

Clouds, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes – Philippines Experiment Data Set CAMP2EX Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/CAMP2EX2018/DATA001

Model code and software

MiePlot P. Laven http://www.philiplaven.com/mieplot.htm

Jimenez Research Group Wiki: Mie Code Analysis Software J. L. Jimenez http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/Analysis_Software#Mie_Code

Short summary

Atmospheric particles are everywhere and exist in a range of sizes, from a few nanometers to hundreds of microns. Because particle size determines the behavior of chemical and physical processes, accurately measuring particle sizes is an important and integral part of atmospheric field measurements! Here, we discuss the performance of two commonly used particle sizers and how changes in particle composition and optical properties may result in sizing uncertainties, which we quantify.