Interactive comment on “Notably improved inversion of Differential Mobility Particle Sizer data

Interactive comment on “Notably improved inversion of Differential Mobility Particle Sizer data

Interactive comment on “Notably improved inversion of Differential Mobility Particle Sizer data

Notably improved inversion of differential mobility particle sizer data obtained under conditions of fluctuating particle number concentrations

The differential mobility particle sizer (DMPS) is designed for measurements of particle number size distributions. It performs a number of measurements while scanning over different particle sizes. A standard assumption in the data-processing (inversion) algorithm is that the size distribution remains the same throughout each scan. For a DMPS deployed in an urban area this assumption is likely...

Aerosol size distribution estimation and associated uncertainty for measurement with a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS)

Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) is a high resolution nanoparticle sizing system that has long been hailed as the researcher’s choice for airborne nanoparticle size characterization for nano applications including nanotechnology research and development. SMPS is widely used as the standard method to measure airborne particle size distributions below 1 μm. It is composed of two devices: a...

Scanning Mobility CCN Analysis: A method for fast measurements of size-resolved CCN distributions and activation kinetics

We present Scanning Mobility CCN Analysis (SMCA) as a novel method for obtaining rapid measurements of size-resolved cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) distributions and activation kinetics. SMCA involves sampling the monodisperse outlet stream of a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) operated in scanning voltage mode concurrently with CCN and condensation particle counters. By applying the same ...