Thanks for you interest in the High Resolution Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-AMS) Spectral Database.

Please send all submissions to Michael.Lechner@colorado.edu, with "HR-AMS Spectral Database"
in the subject.  Your comments on the database (structure, categories, etc) are also welcomed.




DATA FORMATS


Please send .itx or .pxp containing (A) raw, (B) processed high
resolution stick data, and (C) integer sticks from high resolution
analysis.  Waves requested are detailed below using the following format:

Type of waves (Number of waves needed, folder where they are located)
#- the wave you need - "default Squirrel/PIKA wavename"
(*"name" = your ToDo wavename)

(A) Raw Data (3 waves, root: )
1- Raw MS Difference - "MSD_name"
2- Raw MS Closed - "MSC_name"
3- mz wave - "mz_base_name"
4- ion time of flight - not needed --> raw data point/x = ion time of
flight in nanoseconds
(*Alternatively, the raw waves can be taken from the HR folder, but they
need to be corrected for the ion duty cycle.  For advanced users only.)

(B) High resolution Sticks (4 waves, root:HR_Sticks)
1- HR sticks - "nameStickDiff"
2- HR stick mass wave - "ExactMasswave"
3- HR ion names - "Exactmasstext"
4- HR tag - "ExactMassTag" - this will be needed if we upload the
function Pete wrote to pull the ion list used rather than using a
standard list as it is currently

(C) High resolution data formatted in unit mass resolution for the graph
(X waves, root:Int_Sticks: )
X- Ion family sticks - ex: "int_CH_diff_name"
(*X = number of ion families, see reference below)
note: use all that are represented in your data

Reference of Standard Ion Families:
4 Organics: CH, CHO, CHN, CHON
5 Inorganic/other: HO, NH, Cl, NO, SO



MAKING AN ITX

To submit your data, please prepare your data as an itx (Igor text file).  
	1.  From the pull-down menus, Go to Data -> Save Waves -> Save Igor Text...

	2.  Choose the appropriate wave(s).  If your wave is not scaled in x by m/z, please
	    also provide an amu wave(s).  It's ok to put waves for multiple database entries
	    in the same itx as long as they have clear names.

	3.  Do it!



SENDING THE INFORMATION

Send the itx along with the following information for EACH SPECTRUM.  Filling out the html 
table below will expedite the inclusion of your spectra to the database.

  <!-- For section:  -->
  <td><!--Source-->  </td>
  <td><!--Researcher/Group - Inst-->  <br>
                                      </td>
  <td><!--AMS Instrument-->  <br>
                            </td>
  <td><!--EI Energy-->      </td>
  <td><!--Vaporizer Temp (<sup>o</sup>C)-->  </td>
  <td><!--Citation--> <a href=" "> author  <b>journal</b> yr, <i>vol</i>, pgs.</a></td>
  <td><!--Fig #--> Fig , pg.  </td>
  <td><!--Comments--> </td>


For example:

  <!-- For section:  Lab Other -->
  <td><!--Source-->  Rice Straw Smoke </td>
  <td><!--Researcher/Group - Inst--> Ingrid Ulbrich  <br>
                                     Jimenez - Colorado</td>
  <td><!--AMS Instrument-->  HR-ToF (W mode) <br>
                             032</td>
  <td><!--EI Energy-->  70 eV  </td>
  <td><!--Vaporizer Temp (<sup>o</sup>C)--> 600 </td>
  <td><!--Citation--> <a href="http://MyPaperAbstract.html"> Ulbrich, I., et al.,<b>ES&T</b> 2007, 
	<i>60</i>, 1234-1244.</a></td>
  <td><!--Fig #--> Fig 3a, pg. 1236  </td>
  <td><!--Comments--> FLAME study, US Forest Service Fire Lab</td>




CURRENT SPECTRA CATEGORIES:

Laboratory Standard (L_STD_xxx)