Articles | Volume 9, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3337-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3337-2016
Research article
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28 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 28 Jul 2016

Sampling strategies and post-processing methods for increasing the time resolution of organic aerosol measurements requiring long sample-collection times

Rob L. Modini and Satoshi Takahama

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Aerosol measurement techniques with high detection limits often result in poorly time-resolved measurements. We investigated sampling strategies and post-processing methods for constructing hourly resolved aerosol concentration time series from samples collected for 4 to 8 h. We show that this is an effective way to increase measurement time resolution, and that under realistic experimental conditions, simple methods can perform as well as more sophisticated methods.