Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-125-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-125-2015
Research article
 | 
09 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 09 Jan 2015

An intercomparison study of analytical methods used for quantification of levoglucosan in ambient aerosol filter samples

K. E. Yttri, J. Schnelle-Kreis, W. Maenhaut, G. Abbaszade, C. Alves, A. Bjerke, N. Bonnier, R. Bossi, M. Claeys, C. Dye, M. Evtyugina, D. García-Gacio, R. Hillamo, A. Hoffer, M. Hyder, Y. Iinuma, J.-L. Jaffrezo, A. Kasper-Giebl, G. Kiss, P. L. López-Mahia, C. Pio, C. Piot, C. Ramirez-Santa-Cruz, J. Sciare, K. Teinilä, R. Vermeylen, A. Vicente, and R. Zimmermann

Related authors

Contribution of fluorescent primary biological aerosol particles to low-level Arctic cloud residuals
Gabriel Pereira Freitas, Ben Kopec, Kouji Adachi, Radovan Krejci, Dominic Heslin-Rees, Karl Espen Yttri, Alun Hubbard, Jeffrey M. Welker, and Paul Zieger
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 5479–5494, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5479-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5479-2024, 2024
Short summary
Composition and sources of carbonaceous aerosol in the European Arctic at Zeppelin Observatory, Svalbard (2017 to 2020)
Karl Espen Yttri, Are Bäcklund, Franz Conen, Sabine Eckhardt, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Markus Fiebig, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Avram Gold, Hans Gundersen, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Stephen Matthew Platt, David Simpson, Jason D. Surratt, Sönke Szidat, Martin Rauber, Kjetil Tørseth, Martin Album Ytre-Eide, Zhenfa Zhang, and Wenche Aas
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 2731–2758, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2731-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2731-2024, 2024
Short summary
Impact of 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns on particulate air pollution across Europe
Jean-Philippe Putaud, Enrico Pisoni, Alexander Mangold, Christoph Hueglin, Jean Sciare, Michael Pikridas, Chrysanthos Savvides, Jakub Ondracek, Saliou Mbengue, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kay Weinhold, Maik Merkel, Laurent Poulain, Dominik van Pinxteren, Hartmut Herrmann, Andreas Massling, Claus Nordstroem, Andrés Alastuey, Cristina Reche, Noemí Pérez, Sonia Castillo, Mar Sorribas, Jose Antonio Adame, Tuukka Petaja, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Jarkko Niemi, Véronique Riffault, Joel F. de Brito, Augustin Colette, Olivier Favez, Jean-Eudes Petit, Valérie Gros, Maria I. Gini, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Evangelia Diapouli, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Karl Espen Yttri, and Wenche Aas
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 10145–10161, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10145-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10145-2023, 2023
Short summary
An optimised organic carbon ∕ elemental carbon (OC ∕ EC) fraction separation method for radiocarbon source apportionment applied to low-loaded Arctic aerosol filters
Martin Rauber, Gary Salazar, Karl Espen Yttri, and Sönke Szidat
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 825–844, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-825-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-825-2023, 2023
Short summary
What caused a record high PM10 episode in northern Europe in October 2020?
Christine D. Groot Zwaaftink, Wenche Aas, Sabine Eckhardt, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Paul Hamer, Mona Johnsrud, Arve Kylling, Stephen M. Platt, Kerstin Stebel, Hilde Uggerud, and Karl Espen Yttri
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 3789–3810, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3789-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3789-2022, 2022
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Aerosols | Technique: Laboratory Measurement | Topic: Validation and Intercomparisons
Quantifying the uncertainties in thermal–optical analysis of carbonaceous aircraft engine emissions: an interlaboratory study
Timothy A. Sipkens, Joel C. Corbin, Brett Smith, Stéphanie Gagné, Prem Lobo, Benjamin T. Brem, Mark P. Johnson, and Gregory J. Smallwood
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 4291–4302, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4291-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4291-2024, 2024
Short summary
Pressure-dependent performance of two CEN-specified condensation particle counters
Paulus S. Bauer, Dorian Spät, Martina Eisenhut, Andreas Gattringer, and Bernadett Weinzierl
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4445–4460, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4445-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4445-2023, 2023
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
Importance of size representation and morphology in modelling optical properties of black carbon: comparison between laboratory measurements and model simulations
Baseerat Romshoo, Mira Pöhlker, Alfred Wiedensohler, Sascha Pfeifer, Jorge Saturno, Andreas Nowak, Krzysztof Ciupek, Paul Quincey, Konstantina Vasilatou, Michaela N. Ess, Maria Gini, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Chris Robins, François Gaie-Levrel, and Thomas Müller
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 6965–6989, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6965-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6965-2022, 2022
Short summary
Characterization of tandem aerosol classifiers for selecting particles: implication for eliminating the multiple charging effect
Yao Song, Xiangyu Pei, Huichao Liu, Jiajia Zhou, and Zhibin Wang
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 3513–3526, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3513-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3513-2022, 2022
Short summary

Cited articles

Agarwal, S., Aggarwal, S. G., Okuzawa, K., and Kawamura, K.: Size distributions of dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids, α-dicarbonyls, sugars, WSOC, OC, EC and inorganic ions in atmospheric particles over Northern Japan: implication for long-range transport of Siberian BB and East Asian polluted aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 5839–5858, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-5839-2010, 2010.
Alves, C. A., Gonçalves, C., Evtyugina, M., Pio, C. A., Mirante, F., and Puxbaum, H.: Particulate organic compounds emitted from experimental wildland fires in a Mediterranean ecosystem, Atmos. Environ., 44, 2750–2759, 2010.
Bari, M. A., Baumbach, G., Kuch, B., and Scheffknecht, G.: Wood smoke as a source of particle-phase organic compounds in residential areas, Atmos. Environ., 43, 4722–4732, 2009.
Bari, M. A., Baumbach, G., Kuch, B., and Scheffknecht, G.: Temporal variation and impact of wood smoke pollution on a residential area in southern Germany, Atmos. Environ., 44, 3823–3832, 2010.
Blazso, M., Janitsek, S., Gelencsér, A., Artaxo, P., Graham, B., Andreae, M. O.: Study of tropical organic aerosol by thermally assisted alkylation-gas chromatography mass spectrometry, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol., 68–69, 351–369, 2003.