Articles | Volume 9, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2615-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2615-2016
Research article
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21 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2016

An automated baseline correction protocol for infrared spectra of atmospheric aerosols collected on polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) filters

Adele Kuzmiakova, Ann M. Dillner, and Satoshi Takahama

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We describe a new method for removing Teflon substrate interference from ambient aerosol infrared spectra such that functional group quantification and spectral clustering (for source classification) can be applied. We demonstrate that this technique produces similar results to a more labor-intensive method used in many field campaigns over the past several years, but is simpler and better constrained by physical criteria that we impose, leading to the possibility of widespread adoption.