Fast and sensitive measurements of sub-3&thinsp;nm particles using Condensation Particle Counters For Atmospheric Rapid Measurements (CPC FARM)

Cheng, Darren; Amanatidis, Stavros; Lewis, Gregory S.; Jen, Coty N.

doi:10.5194/amt-18-197-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-197-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-197-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

Research article

|

15 Jan 2025

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2025

Fast and sensitive measurements of sub-3 nm particles using Condensation Particle Counters For Atmospheric Rapid Measurements (CPC FARM)

Darren Cheng, Stavros Amanatidis, Gregory S. Lewis, and Coty N. Jen

Related authors

UCB-GLOBES: An open-access mass spectral database of identified and unidentified atmospheric organic compounds

Lindsay D. Yee, Emily B. Franklin, Robin J. Weber, Jessica Zhao, Tiger Zhang, Stephanie Xu, Isaac Santillan, Fangyuan Li, Coty N. Jen, Haofei Zhang, Yutong Liang, Gabriel Isaacman Van-Wertz, Rebecca A. Wernis, John Offenberg, Michael Lewandowski, Taekyu Joo, Masayuki Takeuchi, Gamze Eris, Weiqi Xu, Nga L. Ng, Yuzhi Chen, John E. Shilling, Mary Alice Upshur, Ariana Gray Bé, Regan J. Thomson, Franz M. Geiger, and Allen H. Goldstein

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-116,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-116, 2026

This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT).

Short summary

Characterisation of a self-sustained, water-based condensation particle counter for aircraft cruising pressure level operation

Patrick Weber, Oliver F. Bischof, Benedikt Fischer, Marcel Berg, Susanne Hering, Steven Spielman, Gregory Lewis, Andreas Petzold, and Ulrich Bundke

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 3505–3514, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3505-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3505-2023, 2023

Short summary

A sulfuric acid nucleation potential model for the atmosphere

Jack S. Johnson and Coty N. Jen

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 8287–8297, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8287-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8287-2022, 2022

Short summary

Simulation-aided characterization of a versatile water-based condensation particle counter for atmospheric airborne research

Fan Mei, Steven Spielman, Susanne Hering, Jian Wang, Mikhail S. Pekour, Gregory Lewis, Beat Schmid, Jason Tomlinson, and Maynard Havlicek

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 7329–7340, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7329-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7329-2021, 2021

Short summary

The nano-scanning electrical mobility spectrometer (nSEMS) and its application to size distribution measurements of 1.5–25 nm particles

Weimeng Kong, Stavros Amanatidis, Huajun Mai, Changhyuk Kim, Benjamin C. Schulze, Yuanlong Huang, Gregory S. Lewis, Susanne V. Hering, John H. Seinfeld, and Richard C. Flagan

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 5429–5445, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5429-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5429-2021, 2021

Short summary

Efficacy of a portable, moderate-resolution, fast-scanning differential mobility analyzer for ambient aerosol size distribution measurements

Stavros Amanatidis, Yuanlong Huang, Buddhi Pushpawela, Benjamin C. Schulze, Christopher M. Kenseth, Ryan X. Ward, John H. Seinfeld, Susanne V. Hering, and Richard C. Flagan

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 4507–4516, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4507-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4507-2021, 2021

Short summary

Cited articles

Brock, C. A., Williamson, C., Kupc, A., Froyd, K. D., Erdesz, F., Wagner, N., Richardson, M., Schwarz, J. P., Gao, R.-S., Katich, J. M., Campuzano-Jost, P., Nault, B. A., Schroder, J. C., Jimenez, J. L., Weinzierl, B., Dollner, M., Bui, T., and Murphy, D. M.: Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 3081–3099, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3081-2019, 2019.

Chan, T., Cai, R., Ahonen, L. R., Liu, Y., Zhou, Y., Vanhanen, J., Dada, L., Chao, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, L., Kulmala, M., and Kangasluoma, J.: Assessment of particle size magnifier inversion methods to obtain the particle size distribution from atmospheric measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4885–4898, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4885-2020, 2020.

Chen, D.-R., Pui, D. Y. H., Hummes, D., Fissan, H., Quant, F. R., and Sem, G. J.: Design and evaluation of a nanometer aerosol differential mobility analyzer (Nano-DMA), J. Aerosol Sci., 29, 497–509, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-8502(97)10018-0, 1998.

Chen, H., Hodshire, A. L., Ortega, J., Greenberg, J., McMurry, P. H., Carlton, A. G., Pierce, J. R., Hanson, D. R., and Smith, J. N.: Vertically resolved concentration and liquid water content of atmospheric nanoparticles at the US DOE Southern Great Plains site, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 311–326, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-311-2018, 2018.

Cheng, D., Amanatidis, S., Lewis, G. S., and Jen, C. N.: CPC FARM Data and Inversion Code, Kilthub [code, data set], https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/26748244.v1, 2024.