The AMS as a single particle mass spectrometer
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Single particle characterization using a light scattering module coupled to a time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer E. S. Cross, T. B. Onasch, M. Canagaratna, J. T. Jayne, J. Kimmel, X.-Y. Yu, M. L. Alexander, D. R. Worsnop, and P. Davidovits Chemistry Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, USA CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA Received: 22 October 2008 – Accepted: 1 November 2008 – Published: 23 December 2008 Correspondence to: E. S. Cross ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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