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Design, characterization, and first field deployment of a novel aircraft-based aerosol mass spectrometer combining the laser ablation and flash vaporization techniques
Andreas Hünig
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Oliver Appel
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Antonis Dragoneas
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Sergej Molleker
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Hans-Christian Clemen
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Frank Helleis
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Thomas Klimach
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Franziska Köllner
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Thomas Böttger
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Frank Drewnick
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Johannes Schneider
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Stephan Borrmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
We have serially combined the two well-established methods for in situ real-time measurement of fine particle chemical composition, the single-particle laser ablation method and the flash evaporation with electron impact ionization method, into a novel instrument. Here we present the design; instrument characteristics, as derived from laboratory and field measurements; and results from the first field deployment during the 2017 StratoClim aircraft campaign.
We have serially combined the two well-established methods for in situ real-time measurement of...
