April 2014 reportMobile Lab Instruments
| Species | Name | Description | PI | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas Phase Species | |||||
O3 |
ozone |
A. Lambe | Aerodyne |
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CO2 |
LiCOR CO2 |
Non-dispersive Infrared detection |
T. Yacovitch | Aerodyne |
|
CO, N2O |
TILDASs |
Tunable IR laser direct absorption spectroscopy |
T. Yacovitch | Aerodyne |
|
CH4 |
TILDASs |
Tunable IR laser direct absorption spectroscopy |
T. Yacovitch | Aerodyne |
|
C2H6 |
TILDASs |
Tunable IR laser direct absorption spectroscopy |
T. Yacovitch | Aerodyne |
|
HCHO |
TILDASs |
Tunable IR laser direct absorption spectroscopy |
J. Roscioli | Aerodyne |
|
HCN |
TILDASs |
Tunable IR laser direct absorption spectroscopy |
S. Herndon | Aerodyne |
|
Total Hydrocarbons |
THC |
CAI Flame ionization detection |
T. Yacovitch, B. Knighton | Aerodyne |
|
NO, NOy |
NOx box |
O3 Chemiluminescence, catalytic conversion |
C. Daube | Aerodyne |
|
NO2 |
CAPS-NO2 |
Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift Spectrometry NO2 (CAPS-NO2) |
T. Onasch | Aerodyne |
|
VOCs |
PTR-MS |
Proton-Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry |
B. Knighton |
Montana State |
|
VOCs, SVOCs, HONO, PA radical |
I- CIMS |
Iodide ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry, may be converted to NO3- ion CIMS for stack meas. |
J. Nowak | Aerodyne |
|
Gas and Particle partitioning |
FIGAERO |
Filter Inlet for Gases and AEROsols collector module with I- CIMS |
J. Nowak | Aerodyne |
|
HO2 + RO2 |
ECHAMP |
C2H6/NO chemical amplification – CAPS |
E. Wood | UMassAmherst |
|
| Aerosol Measurements | |||||
Fine Mode Composition |
LToF SP-AMS |
Aerosol mass spectrometer with high resolution time-of-flight MS, with Soot particle mode |
T. Onasch | Aerodyne |
|
Particle size and number |
SMPS, OPC, CPC |
Scanning mobility particle sizer, Optical particle counter, Particle number concentration. |
T. Onasch | Aerodyne |
|
CAPS-SSA |
SSA at 405nm and 780nm |
particle-based total optical extinction and scattering |
T. Onasch | Aerodyne |
|
Potential Aerosol Mass |
PAM |
Measure of changes in aerosol mass, chemistry and other properties in a flow reactor at high reactant (e.g. OH) concentrations |
Lambe, T. Onasch, S. Herndon | Aerodyne |
|
particulate organic nitrates |
TD-CAPS |
Thermal-Dissociation- Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift Spectroscopy (CAPS) |
E. Wood | UMassAmherst |
|
rBC |
Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) |
Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) Black carbon MMR, microphysical state, coating thickness |
A. Sedlacek | BrookhavenNL |
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Instrument Coordinator: Scott Herndon, Aerodyne Research