Characterization and source apportionment of organic aerosol using offline aerosol mass spectrometry

Daellenbach, K. R.; Bozzetti, C.; Křepelová, A.; Canonaco, F.; Wolf, R.; Zotter, P.; Fermo, P.; Crippa, M.; Slowik, J. G.; Sosedova, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, R.-J.; Poulain, L.; Szidat, S.; Baltensperger, U.; El Haddad, I.; Prévôt, A. S. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-23-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 23–39, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-23-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 23–39, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-23-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article 15 Jan 2016

Research article | 15 Jan 2016

Characterization and source apportionment of organic aerosol using offline aerosol mass spectrometry

K. R. Daellenbach et al.

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RC C3057: 'Anonymous reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2015
- RC C3103: 'Corrected Version', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Sep 2015
  - AC C4058: 'response to reviewer 1', Kaspar Rudolf Dällenbach, 24 Nov 2015
RC C3453: 'review of Daellenbach et al. Offline AMS factor analysis', Gavin Phillips, 21 Oct 2015
- AC C4059: 'response to reviewer 2', Kaspar Rudolf Dällenbach, 24 Nov 2015

Short summary

In this study, we developed an offline technique using the AMS for the characterization of the chemical fingerprints of aerosols collected on quartz filters, and evaluated the suitability of the organic mass spectral data for source apportionment. This technique may be used to enhance the AMS capabilities in measuring size-fractionated, spatially resolved long-term data sets.