Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6209-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6209-2019
Research article
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27 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 27 Nov 2019

A new method to quantify mineral dust and other aerosol species from aircraft platforms using single-particle mass spectrometry

Karl D. Froyd, Daniel M. Murphy, Charles A. Brock, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jack E. Dibb, Jose-Luis Jimenez, Agnieszka Kupc, Ann M. Middlebrook, Gregory P. Schill, Kenneth L. Thornhill, Christina J. Williamson, James C. Wilson, and Luke D. Ziemba

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Short summary
Single-particle mass spectrometer (SPMS) instruments characterize the composition of individual aerosol particles in real time. We present a new method that combines SPMS composition with independently measured particle size distributions to determine absolute number, surface area, volume, and mass concentrations of mineral dust, biomass burning, sea salt, and other climate-relevant atmospheric particle types, with a fast time response applicable to aircraft sampling.