Atmospheric Measurement Techniques www.atmos-meas-tech.net 1867-1381 1867-8548 2 2 2009 10.5194/amt-2-363-2009 http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/2/363/2009/ http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/2/363/2009/amt-2-363-2009.html http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/2/363/2009/amt-2-363-2009.pdf 363 378 2009-07-24 Intercomparison study of six HTDMAs: results and recommendations J. Duplissy M. Gysel S. Sjogren N. Meyer N. Good L. Kammermann V. Michaud R. Weigel S. Martins dos Santos C. Gruening P. Villani P. Laj K. Sellegri A. Metzger G. B. McFiggans G. Wehrle R. Richter J. Dommen Z. Ristovski U. Baltensperger E. Weingartner ernest.weingartner@psi.ch Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, QLD 4000, Brisbane, Australia Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Blaise Pascal Univ., 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France Climate Change Unit, Joint Research Center, 21027, Ispra, Italy now at: Laboratory for Energy Analysis, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland We report on an intercomparison of six different hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analysers HTDMAs). These HTDMAs are used worldwide in laboratory experiments and field campaigns to measure the water uptake of aerosol particles and have never been intercompared. 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