ToF AMS Manual

Table of Contents

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Instrument Hardware

1. Lower Chamber
• Pumping
• Aerodynamic Lens
• Chopper
• Vaporizer
• Ionization


2. ToF
3. Troubleshooting
• P-ToF Air Beam is Low

ToF-AMS Analysis Software

1. Overview


2. Loading Data Sets


3. Calibrations
• m/z Calibration
• IE Calibration
• Size Calibration


4. Corrections
• Duty Cycle Correction
• Air Beam Correction
• Rebin Size Distributions


5. MS Mode Data Processing
• Average Mass Spectra
• Time Series
• Diurnal Plots


6. P-TOF Mode Data Processing
• Average Size Distributions
• Image Plots
• Size Dependent Mass Spectra


7. Troubleshooting

Field Campaign Analysis Guide

References

1. Q-AMS Manual (version 3.2 from Sep. 2002)
2. Q-AMS Manual (Newer but simpler version)
3. Drewnick et al. A new Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ToF-AMS) – Instrument Description and First Field Deployment. PDF