Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-801-2024
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-801-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
31 Jan 2024
Research article |
| 31 Jan 2024
| 31 Jan 2024
Identifying and correcting interferences to PTR-ToF-MS measurements of isoprene and other urban volatile organic compounds
Matthew M. Coggon
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Chelsea E. Stockwell
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Megan S. Claflin
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA 01821, USA
Eva Y. Pfannerstill
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
now at: Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
Jessica B. Gilman
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Julia Marcantonio
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Kelvin Bates
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Georgios I. Gkatzelis
IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Aaron Lamplugh
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Erin F. Katz
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Caleb Arata
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Eric C. Apel
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, NCAR, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Rebecca S. Hornbrook
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, NCAR, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Felix Piel
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0312 Oslo, Norway
Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
IONICON Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Francesca Majluf
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA 01821, USA
now at: Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA 02492, USA
Donald R. Blake
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Armin Wisthaler
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0312 Oslo, Norway
Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Manjula Canagaratna
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA 01821, USA
Brian M. Lerner
Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA 01821, USA
Allen H. Goldstein
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
John E. Mak
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
Carsten Warneke
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Data sets
Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/FIREXAQ2019/DATA001
Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_Other_Data_1
Michigan-Ontario Ozone Source Experiment NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/MOOSE/DATA001
Short summary
Mass spectrometry is a tool commonly used to measure air pollutants. This study evaluates measurement artifacts produced in the proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer. We provide methods to correct these biases and better measure compounds that degrade air quality.
Mass spectrometry is a tool commonly used to measure air pollutants. This study evaluates...
