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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1545-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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07 Apr 2016
Research article |
| 07 Apr 2016
Intercomparison of 15 aerodynamic particle size spectrometers (APS 3321): uncertainties in particle sizing and number size distribution
Sascha Pfeifer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig,
Germany
Thomas Müller
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig,
Germany
Kay Weinhold
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig,
Germany
Nadezda Zikova
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of
Science, Prague, Czech Republic
Sebastiao Martins dos Santos
Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy
Angela Marinoni
Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Bologna,
Italy
Oliver F. Bischof
TSI GmbH, Particle Instrument, Aachen,
Germany
Carsten Kykal
TSI GmbH, Particle Instrument, Aachen,
Germany
Ludwig Ries
Federal Environment Agency, GAW Station
Zugspitze/Hohenpeissenberg, Platform Zugspitze, Germany
Frank Meinhardt
Federal Environment Agency, Platform Schauinsland,
Germany
Pasi Aalto
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
National Observatory of Athens, Athens,
Greece
Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Alfred Wiedensohler
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig,
Germany
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Short summary
15 aerodynamic particle size spectrometers (APS model 3321, TSI Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA) were compared with a focus on flow rates accuracy, particle sizing, and unit-to-unit variability of the particle number size distribution.
Flow rate deviations were relatively small, while the sizing accuracy was found to be within 10 % compared to polystyrene latex reference particles. The unit-to-unit variability in terms of the particle number size distribution during this study was between 10 % and 60 %.
15 aerodynamic particle size spectrometers (APS model 3321, TSI Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA) were...
