AMSUsrMtgs

A shortcut to this page is http://tinyurl.com/AMS-Users

This page is part of the Aerosol MS web pages, and is maintained by Jose-Luis Jimenez.

This page is a repository of presentations, summaries, and other information presented or related to the various Aerodyne AMS Users' Meetings. It is posted here as a service to the AMS Users' community, but there is no guarantee that individual presentations do not contain errors or are out of date with the current status of development and/or understanding of the instrument.

1st AMS Users' Meeting - AAAR Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 2001

• Summary of the meeting (Thanks to Roya Bahreini, Caltech)

2nd AMS Users' Meeting, Aerodyne Research, Billerica, Massachusetts, November 2001 (18 attendees)

• Summary of the meeting (Thanks to Frank Drewnick, SUNY Albany)
• Feedback from users that attended the meeting

Third AMS Users' Meeting - 13-15 October 2002 @ Aerodyne

• Planning and Organizational Information
  • Pre-Meeting Planning information on the 3rd (2002) AMS Users' Meeting
  • Program of the Meeting
  • Feedback from the participants on the 3rd (2002) AMS Users' Meeting
  • Ann Middlebrook: Notes from the entire Meeting

• Pictures from meeting

• Technical Presentations about using the AMS
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Welcome and Organization of the Meeting
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Users' Meeting Welcome Remarks
  • John Jayne: AMS Hardware: Recent and In-Progress Improvements, and Summary of Hardware Failures
  • Guenther Peter (Inficon / Balzers): Current and Future Q-pole/Ionizer Improvements
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Data Acquisition Software Update
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Discussion on the AMS Manual
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Figures of Merit for the AMS
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Physical and Mathematical Basis for the Particle Mass Calibration of the AMS
  • Frank Drewnick: Correction Factors and Fragmentation Patters for Calculation of Quantitative Mass Concentrations from AMS Data
  • Phil Silva: AMS vs. NIST Database Fragmentation Patterns for Pure Organic Molecules
  • Rami Alfarra" AMS vs. NIST comparisons
  • Frank Drewnick: Intercomparison of 4 Sulfate Instruments During the 2001 New York City Supersite Summer Intensive
  • Frank Drewnick: Intercomparison of 3 Nitrate Instruments During the 2001 New York City Supersite Summer Intensive
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Airplane Integration Issues Discussion
  • Ann Middlebrook: DMA-less Particle Mass Calibration of the AMS
  • Jose (Facilitator): Discussion of Status and Remaining Issues for Absolute Quantification of Aerosol Mass Concentrations with the AMS
  • Jonathan Allen: Aerosol Sampling Lessons from PROPHET 2002
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Compilation and Delta Analysis of the AMS Mass Spectra

• Scientific Results from Studies of the Different Users
  • John Jayne: AMS Sampling on the G-1 during the New England 2002 Air Quality Study
  • Frank Drewnick: Whiteface Mountain Summer Intensive 2002: Very Preliminary Results
  • Qi Zhang: Measurements with the AMS at the Pittsburgh Supersite During Sept. 2002
  • Activities of the UMIST Group
  • Johannes Schneider: Analysis of Diesel Exhaust Particles
  • Melissa Trainer: Laboratory Studies of Early Earth
  • Ann Middlebrook: AMS on the NOAA Ron Brown during NEAQS 2002
  • Jonathan Allen: Deposition of Particulate Species Measured by Eddy-Correlation Mass Spectrometry
  • Nobu Takegawa: AMS Sampling in Tokyo
  • Roya Bahreini: Aircraft Sampling during ACE-Asia and CRYSTAL-FACE
  • Alice Delia: Sampling in PROPHET 2001
  • Alice Delia: PROPHET Presentation at AAAR
  • Kathy Hayden: Environment Canada Projects
  • Hugh Coe: Sampling at the Jungfrajoch
  • Johannes Schneider: HAZE Campaign / Aircraft Integration in the DLR FALCON

Boulder Mini Users Meeting (March 2003)

• Program of the Boulder Mini Users Meeting

• Technical Presentations at the Boulder Mini Users Meeting (March 2003)
  • Ann Middlebrook: Notes of the Boulder Mini AMS Users' Meeting
  • Doug Worsnop: Overview of Current Issues and Developments
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Update of the Data Acquisition Software (to Version 4.3)
  • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of Results of the NEAQS 2002
  • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of the MS Background Tests for Aircraft Deployment
  • Tim Onasch: Summary of Fragmentation and Oven Temperature Tests
  • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of Tests of the Fragmentation Patterns for the AMS
  • Roya Bahreini & Jose Jimenez: Relationships Between the Variations in Pressure, Flow Rate, and Air Beam Intensity Measurements as a Function of Sampling Pressure
  • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of IE/AB and Inlet Flow Rate Measurements on the NOAA AMS

2nd Boulder Mini-AMS Users' Meeting - CU, September 2003

• Summary of the 2nd Boulder Mini Users Meeting (September 2003) by Tim Onasch.

Fourth AMS Users' Meeting - 24-27 October 2003 @ Caltech

• This meeting took place right after the AAAR meeting in Anaheim, California, Oct. 20-24, 2003.
• Feedback on the Meeting from the Users (compiled by Jose based on email responses)
• List of Users and Attendees for this Meeting
• Schedule for the meeting
• Pre-Meeting Planning Information for the 4th (2003) AMS Users' Meeting

• Technical Presentations from the Meeting
  • Doug Worsnop: AMS Users Introduction
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Logistics and Update on Attendance & AMS Performance
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Introduction to the Main Issues and Objectives of the Meeting
  • John Jayne: AMS Hardware Update
  • John Jayne: Electronic Noise Reduction
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Update on Data Acquisition Software Improvements Since Last Year
  • James Allan: AMS Igor Data Analysis Software Update
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Calibration Procedures: Recommended Practices & Recent Results
  • Doug Worsnop: AMS Collection Efficiency
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Overview of the Remaining Quantification Issues for the AMS
  • Doug Worsnop: Organics MS
  • Rami Alfarra: Organic RIE and Organic CE
  • Ann Middlebrook: Ammonium Sulfate IE
  • Ann Middlebrook: Fragmentation patterns for Ammonium Nitrate and Sulfate
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Measuring CE: Beam Width Probe Modeling
  • Dara Salcedo: Beam Width Probe Results from MCMA-2003
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Brief Discussion of AMS Terminology & Description of Chemical Results
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Brainstorming on: (1) Experiments to Nail our Absolute Quantification; and (2) Best Operating Procedures
  • Ann Middlebrook: AMS Aircraft Issues
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Airplane Integration Meeting – University of Colorado Plans
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Feedback on this Meeting and Format for Future Years

• Presentations and Posters from AAAR Anaheim 2003
  • Nobu Takegawa: Seasonal variation of non-refractory submicronaerosols in Tokyo measured using the Aerodyne AMS
  • Alice Delia: Comparison of Aerosol Measurements at Two Forested Sites:PROPHET 2001 and CELTIC 2003
  • Akinori Takami: Aerosol measurements by AMS atFukue, Japan in spring

5th AMS Users' Meeting - took place at Georgia Tech, October, 2004.

• This meeting took take place right after the AAAR Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 4-8, 2004.
• There were a total of 33 presentations (12 talks and 21 posters) at AAAR using AMS data (not including late-breaking posters). These represented 5.7% of the 577 presentations at AAAR 2004. The AMS-related presentations are highlighted in green (talks) and blue (posters) in the following program: PDF Program and Word Program.

• Feedback on the Meeting from the Users (compiled by Jose based on email responses)
• Meeting Schedule and Map
• Pictures from the Meeting

• Technical Presentations from the User's Meeting

(please email allison.aiken@colorado.edu all posters and presentations for real-time postings)

INTRODUCTION (Friday, 10/8/04):

• Doug Worsnop: Welcome to the User's Meeting
• Tim Onasch: Discussion of the Program Logistics
• Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS- Hardware and Software, Introduction to Meeting Specific Issues

DATA ANALYSIS TUTORIAL (Saturday, 10/9/04):

• Doug Worsnop: Data Analysis Tutorial - Notes and Figures (A. Delia), Notes and Figures (E. Cross), Notes (L. Williams), Notes (A. Aiken).

QUANTIFICATION AND CALIBRATION ISSUES:

(Sunday, 10/10/04)

• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of our Understanding and Assumptions on AMS Mass Concentration Quantification
• Tim Onasch: Measuring CE- Experimental Results (Ambient & Lab)
• Alex Huffman: Measuring CE - BWP Modeling
• Peter Liu: Particle Transmission Experiments
• Leah Williams: Particle Transmission Issues
• Leah Williams: Particle Lens Calculations
• Peter DeCarlo: SMPS Comparisons
• Hacene Boudries: AMS Intercomparisons with Other Instruments (MOUDI, etc.)
• Brendan Matthew: Laboratory CE Experiments
• Nobuyuki Takegawa: AMS - PILS Comparisons
• Akinori Takami: AMS - APM Comparisons
• Tim Onasch:AMS Sampling Flowrate
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of Status on AMS Mass Concentration Quantification and Plans for Future Experiments - Part 1: Summary of Quantification Status

(Monday, 10/11/04)

• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of Status on AMS Mass Concentration Quantification and Plans for Future Experiments - Part 2: Where to go from Here
• John Jayne: Calibration Procedures: Issues, Practices, and Results of Calibrations during Field Studies; New Developments; Recommended Practices and Demonstrations; Measuring CE - Beam Width Probe Design

UPDATES ON HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS:

(Sunday evening, 10/10/04)

• Shao-Meng Lu: Development of the AMS IDEAS - no slides available
• Hacene Boudries: Aerosol Collector Development - presentation not available
• Ann Middlebrook: A Pressure-Controlled Inlet (PCI) for Airborne AMS Sampling
• Eben Cross: Light Scattering Module Development

(Monday, 10/11/04)

• James Allan: Update on Data Analysis Software (Igor) since Last Year & Future Plans - Notes (A. Delia) *requesting other notes for this presentation from any User
• Frank Drewnick: ToF Development
• John Jayne: Update on Hardware since Last Year & Future Plans
• Manjula Canagaratna: Update on AMS Data Acquisition (DAQ) Software since Last Year & Future Plans

• Posters from the 5th User's Meeting (Sunday, 10/10/04):

LAB STUDIES AND CHARACTERIZATIONS:

• Eben Cross: Characterization of Laboratory and Ambient Particles Using the Combination of Aerosol Mass Spectrometry and Light Scattering Techniques
• Alex Huffman: Design, Experimental Tests, Modeling, and Optimization of a Particle Beam Width Probe (BWP) for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
• Yasmine Katrib: Chemical and Physical Changes of Organic Particles Upon Reaction with Ozone
• Leah Williams: Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Measurements of Particle Size Distributions and Chemical Composition from Pressurized Metered Does Inhalers

FIELD STUDIES:

• Michael Alexander: Chemical and Physical Properties of a Sub-Micron Particle Emission from a Diesel Engine
• Edward Dunlea: Measurements of Free Tropospheric Aerosol and Ice Nuclei at Storm Peak Laboratory with an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS)
• Johannes Schneider: Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Ice and Supercooled Cloud Residuals during CLACE-3
• Jay Slowick: Effect of Fuel to Oxygen Ratio on Physical and Chemical Properties of Soot Particles
• Silke Weimer: Measurement of Ambient Aerosol Composition Using an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer in New York City: Winter 2004 Intensive Study

Boulder June 2005 ToF-AMS Mini Users' Meeting

• Notes from the meeting (unpolished)

6th AMS Users' Meeting

• The 6th AMS Users' Meeting took place in the Fall of 2005 in Juelich (Germany) from noon on Thu. Aug. 25 till noon on Sun. Aug. 28. This was right before the 2005 European Aerosol Conference that took place in Ghent, Belgium from Mon. Aug. 29 till Fri. Sep. 2nd.

• General Information and Feedback on the 6th Users Meeting
  • Final Schedule of the Meeting
  • List of Attendees
  • Form for Users Mtg Fee
  • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 2005

• Tim Onasch: Introduction and Logistics of the Meeting
• Doug Worsnop: General Introduction
• John Jayne: Hardware Forecast, Manual Update and Perspectives
• Frank Drewnick: Introduction to the Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ToF-AMS)
• James Allan: Data Analysis Software Status and Outlook
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: some closing thoughts & web update
  • List of AMS Papers. Please send me new updates, preferably with the PDF posted at your site.
  • ToF-AMS Web Page
  • AMS Mass Spectrum Web Database. We'll start posting spectra very soon, please send spectra and context info to Jose or ingrid.ulbrich@colorado.edu)

FRIDAY, AUG. 26, 2005

• Qi Zhang's tutorial on organic data analysis
  • Qi Zhang: data and software for organic analysis tutorial
  • Qi Zhang, M. Rami Alfarra, Douglas R. Worsnop, James D. Allan, Hugh Coe, Manjula R. Canagaratna, and Jose L. Jimenez. Deconvolution and quantification of hydrocarbon-like and oxygenated organic aerosols based on aerosol mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 4938-4952, 2005, doi:10.1021/es048568l. PDF & Supporting Info
  • Qi Zhang, Douglas R. Worsnop, Manjula R. Canagaratna, and Jose-Luis Jimenez. Hydrocarbon-like and Oxygenated Organic Aerosols in Pittsburgh: Insights into Sources and Processes of Organic Aerosols. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 5, 3289-3311, 2005. Paper.
• Andreas Kurten: The Aerosol Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (AIMS)
• Nobu Takegawa: WSOC vs OOA in Tokyo
• Nobu Takegawa: Excess-OA vs OOA in Tokyo
• Katja Dzepina: PAH Detection in Mexico City with the AMS
• John Jayne: Update on Beam Width Probe and Measurements
• Tim Onasch: Update on AMS Collection Efficiency due to Bounce

SATURDAY, AUG. 27, 2005

• John Jayne and Peter Liu: Update on Lens Transmission Studies
• Achim Trimborn: Soft Ionization Approaches in the AMS
• Eiko Nemitz: AMS for Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Thermodenuder-AMS for Ambient Measurements
• Tim Onasch: Update on Q-AMS Data Acquisition Software
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Q-AMS Jump Mass Spec (JMS) Concept and Software
• Jonny Crossier: JMS Mode Application and Issues
• Eben Cross: Update on Light Scattering Module within the Aerodyne AMS
• Peter DeCarlo: ToF-AMS Data Acquisition Software
• Silke Hings: ToF-AMS Data Analysis Software
• John Jayne: ToF-AMS Hardware
• Frank Drewnick: First ToF-AMS Results
• Shane Murphy: First Aircraft ToF-AMS Deployment, comparison to Q-AMS
• Peter DeCarlo: High-Resolution ToF-AMS: Concept and First Results

SUNDAY, AUG. 28, 2005

• Doug Worsnop: Tutorial on Q-AMS Diagnostics
  • Data for Tutorial (54 MB, ~20 min. download w/ FZ Juelich wireless)
  • Igor Template for Tutorial (not the latest version, but has some features needed for this tutorial)
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Feedback and Plans for Next Year

Boulder October 2005 ToF-AMS Mini Users' Meeting

• Notes (by Jose)

7th AMS Users' Meeting

• The 7th AMS Users' Meeting took place at the University of Minnesota on Sep. 16-18, 2006 (70 attendees expected). This meeting took place right after the 2006 International Aerosol Conference (AAAR/IAC) in St. Paul, MN, Sep 10-15, 2006.

• General Information on the 7th AMS Users' Meeting
  • Letter to AMS Users about 7th Users Meeting
  • Final Schedule of the Meeting
  • Form for Users Mtg Fee
  • Hotel info for AMS Users Meeting
  • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

Presentations will be posted below in PDF format as soon as we can get them

SATURDAY, SEP. 16, 2006: SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE UPDATES (Q-AMS,ToF-AMS) AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Meeting Logistics – Focus and Schedule of Meeting: Manjula Canagaratna Tim Onasch
• Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Issues presented in meeting
• James Allan: Overview of AMS analysis software
• Leah Williams: Update on vaporizers
• Leah Williams: Update on lens development
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: PM1 definition vs. AMS transmission
• John Jayne: Update on hardware (e.g. pump controllers, pressurecontrolled inlet, etc.)
• Jonny Crosier: Q-AMS software analysis Update (including Jump mode)
  • For more on jump mode, see Jonny's JMS mode talk from the 6th Users Meeting
• Manjula Canagaratna: Q-AMS DAQ Software Update
• Ingrid Ulbrich: Mass Spectral Database
  • Database
  • Spectra Submission Guidelines
• Eben Cross: Light Scattering module update
• Akinori Takami: Q-AMS long term usage and intercomparisons
• Qi Zhang: Organic Analysis
• Christoph Hueglin: Zurich PMF
• Ingrid Ulbrich: Pittsburgh PMF

SUNDAY, SEP. 17, 2006: ToF-AMS ISSUES- CALIBRATION AND DATA ANALYSIS

• Doug Worsnop: Introduction to ToF-AMS
• Doug Worsnop: ToF-AMS issues and development
• Pete DeCarlo: Intercomparison of C,V,W ToFs + Q-AMS
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Sensitivity vs Information Content for AMS Configurations and Modes
• Frank Drewnick: Detection limitis in ToF
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: ToF software issues and development
• Joel Kimmel: DAQ software operating (simulation)
• Joel Kimmel: Quantification/Dynamic Range of ToF (i.e. Thresholding, SI determination, Channel 2)
  • Joel Kimmel's poster at ASMS-2006: Quantitative Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry of Aerosols Using a Digitally Thresholded Analog-to-Digital Converter
• Ed Dunlea: IE calibrations
  • IE calibration ipf
  • Tutorial Sample Data
• Peter DeCarlo: high resolution (HR-ToF-AMS) analysis software
• Shane Murphy: Surface ionization issues
• Katja Dzepina: Update on PAHs in Mexico City 2003
• Frank Drewnick: Expansion of PAH calculations

MONDAY, SEP. 18, 2006: ANALYSIS OF ToF-AMS MASS SPECTRA/ OTHER ISSUES

• Donna Sueper: Squirrel Overview/Update
• Silke Hings: Review of TADA software (slides from 6th Users Meeting)
• Doug Worsnop & Donna Sueper: Squirrel Tutorial
  • • Downloads for tutorial (files are password protected)
• Doug Worsnop: Poisson ion counting
• Meeting photos (zip file, 22MB)

8th AMS Users' Meeting

• The 8th AMS Users' Meeting took place at the Desert Research Institute in Reno on Sep. 29-Oct. 1, 2007 (~70 attendees expected). This meeting took place right after the 2007 Annual Conference of the AAAR in Reno, NV, Sep 24-28, 2007.

• General Information on the 8th AMS Users' Meeting
  • Final Schedule of the Meeting
  • Registration Form
  • Hotel info for AMS Users Meeting
  • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

Presentations will be posted below in PDF format as soon as we can get them

SATURDAY, SEP. 29, 2007: AMS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE UPDATES (Q-AMS,ToF-AMS) AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Cameron Martin, Manjula Canagaratna, Tim Onasch: Meeting Logistics – Focus and Schedule of Meeting
• Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Issues presented in meeting
• John Jayne: New Hardware
• Dagmar Trimborn: Lens Development
• Tim Onash: Collection Efficiency
• Eben Cross: Light Scattering Update
• Alex Huffmann: Thermal Denuder
• Jesse Kroll: Thermal Desorber
• Achim Trimborn: Soft Ionization Update
• Jesse Kroll: Frag Table
• Manjula Canagaratna: Q-AMS Acquisition Software Update
• James Allan: Q-AMS Analysis Software Update
• Manjula Canagaratna, Qi Zhang, Jose-Luis Jimenez: Organics Analysis Overview
• Andre Prevot: PMF and ME-2 in Zurich
• Ingrid Ulbrich: PMF Cautions
• Brent Williams: TAG and AMS Organics Source Apportionment
• Martin Graus: PTR-MS Aerosol Application

SUNDAY, SEP. 30, 2007: ToF-AMS ISSUES - DATA ACQUISITION, CALIBRATION, DATA ANALYSIS

• Achim Trimborn; Soot Particle Mass Spectrometer
• Lynn Russell: FTIR and AMS Joint Analysis
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: AMS Spectral Database and Field Analysis Wiki
  • AMS Spectral Database
  • Field Data Analysis Wiki
• John Jayne: ToF-AMS Instrumental Issues
• Joel Kimmel: ToF-AMS Data Acquision (DAQ) Software
• John Shilling: HR-ToF-AMS m/z calibration
• Mikael Ehn: Effect of threshold on calculated mass conc
• John Jayne: Ionization Efficiency Introduction
• Roya Bahreini: Ionization Efficiency Tutorial
• Frank Drewnick: Pulser Frequency Dependence for IE Calibration
• Donna Sueper: Squirrel Tutorial

MONDAY, OCT. 1, 2007: ANALYSIS OF TOF-AMS SPECTRA

• Pete DeCarlo: PIKA for HR-ToF Analysis
• Allison Aiken: Elemental Analysis from HR-ToF-AMS spectra
• Donna Sueper: PIKA Tutorial

9th AMS Users' Meeting

• The 9th AMS Users' Meeting took place at the University of Manchester in the UK on Sep. 5-7, 2008 (~70 attendees). This meeting was not held in conjunction with a major conference.

• General Information on the 9th AMS Users' Meeting
  • Schedule of the Meeting
  • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

Presentations will be posted below in PDF format as soon as we can get them

FRIDAY, SEP. 5, 2008: AMS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPDATES, TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND AMS USER PRESENTATIONS

• Hugh Coe: Welcome to University of Manchester
• Cameron Martin: Meeting Logistics –Schedule of Meeting
• Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Issues
• John Jayne: Update on New AMS Hardware
• Tim Onasch: Update on lens development (contained within JJ presentation above)
• Achim Trimborn: SP2-AMS
• Achim Trimborn: Soft Ionization (Li Ion/Q-TOF)
• Astrid Kiendler-Scharr: Aerosol Collector Module (ACM)
• John Jayne: Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM)
• Manjula Canagaratna: Q-AMS Acquisition Software Update
• James Allan: Q-AMS Analysis Software Update
• Tim Onasch: AMS Quantification Issues
• Ann Middlebrook: Applying Laboratory Collection Efficiencies to Ambient Field Data
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: On “refractory organics” and other assorted issues related to AMS quantification
• Frank Drewnick: AMS Techical Issues
• Manuel Dall'Osto: Intercomparisons between AMS and ATOFMS
• Eben Cross: AMS as a single particle mass spectrometer (LS-CToF-AMS)
• Hugh Coe: Overview of AMS work at Manchester
• Johannes Schneider: Overview of AMS work at MPI
• Junying Sun: AMS measurements in China
• Puneet Singh Chhabra: Chamber Studies of Glyoxal Uptake with the HR-ToF-AMS
• Lea Hildebrandt: Chamber Studies at CMU
• Astrid Kiendler-Scharr: ToF-AMS characterisation of SOA from NO3 oxidation of b-Pinene
• Andre Prevot: Developments in AMS Organic Aerosol Analysis

SATURDAY, SEP. 6, 2007: ORGANIC ANALYSIS and ToF-AMS ISSUES - DATA ACQUISITION, DATA ANALYSIS

• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Overview of AMS Organic Analysis
  • AMS in Action (Check out James' software in action!)
• Ingrid Ulbrich: Analysis of AMS organic Spectra- Tutorial on New PMF Panel

Go to the AMS PMF Wiki...

Presentation Part 1: Overview and execution

Presentation Part 2: Viewing the results

Presentation Part 3: Scatter plots

• Joel Kimmel: New Developments in ToF Acquisition Software

SUNDAY, SEP. 7, 2007: ANALYSIS OF HR-TOF-AMS SPECTRA/OTHER ISSUES

• Donna Sueper: Introduction to HR-ToF-AMS Data Analysis and Tutorial
  • Squirrel 1.44
  • Pika 1.04
  • Mike Cubison: Pika vs Squirrel
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Basis and limitations of Organic Elemental Analysis with the AMS (HR and UMR)
  • Revised figure for comparing methods of estimating O/C from 44/OA (from J. Shilling and A. Aiken)

1st High-Resolution AMS Users Clinic

• 1st High-Resolution AMS Users Clinic took place at the University of Colorado-Boulder on June 6-10, 2009 (45 attendees). This meeting is not held in conjunction with a major conference.

• General Information on the 1st HR Clinic

• • Schedule and presentations
  • Feedback on the meeting
    • There is significant support from attendees to do something like the Clinic regularly, either stand-alone or as part of the main users meeting.
  • List of attendees

10th AMS Users Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2009

Users' Meeting General Information

• Program of the meeting: http://tinyurl.com/amsprogram
• Feedback on the meeting from the participants
• Pictures from Meeting

Saturday October 31, 2009: AMS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPDATES , TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND USER PRESENTATIONS

• Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Issues
• John Jayne: Overview of AMS Hardware Development
• Ed Fortner, Bill Brooks: AMS Hardware FAQs
  • New Wiki page on AMS Hardware FAQs
• Achim Trimborn: SP-AMS
• Sally Ng, John Jayne: ACSM
• Tim Onasch, Ed Fortner: TD-AMS
• Joel Kimmel: New Aplications of the ToF
• Brent Williams: TAG-AMS
• Carly Robinson: MAB-AMS and comparison with Li Ion
• Eben Cross: Light Scattering
• John Jayne: Updates on Q-AMS DAQ
• Joel Kimmel:Updates on ToF-AMS DAQ
• Tim Onasch: CE and updates on quantification
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Quantification Issues (refractory materials)
• Mike Cubison: Intercomparisons of AMS for ARCTAS (from NASA TabMEP Panel)
• Roya Bahreini: Error analysis and AMS mass-fine volume measurement comparisons
• Paul Reitz: A new and easy method to calculate AMS detection limits
• Manuel Dall'Osto: ATOFMS vs AMS Comparisons Update
• Resources for AMS Users
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: AMS resources: Wiki and web pages
    • http://tinyurl.com/tofams: ToF-AMS Main Wiki
    • http://tinyurl.com/amsusers: AMS Users Meetings Wiki
    • http://tinyurl.com/quad-ams: Q-AMS Main Web Page
    • FAQs for AMS Data Users
  • Joel Kimmel: Data Quickview: DAQ and Igor codes

Sunday November 1, 2009: AMS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE (PMF, Squirrel, Light Scattering)

• Ingrid Ulbrich: Review of PMF Analysis Software (updates and diagnostics)
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Characterization of OA component volatilities
• Jay Slowik: PMF analysis of AMS data combined with gas phase data
• Sally Ng, Manjula: Intercomparisons of worldwide PMF components
• Tomi Raatikainen: Hygroscopic and Ethanolic Growth Factors of AMS Organic Components
• Peter DeCarlo: Highlights of work at PSI
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: The limits of Elemental Analysis
• Delphine Farmer: Organosulfate and organonitrate detection
• Jesse Kroll: Oxidation State as it relatates to AMS
• Eben Cross, Donna Sueper: Light Scattering Analysis
• Donna Sueper: Squirrel update (Updating and exchanging/porting Squirrel Experiments, FAQS)
• Pete DeCarlo: 40/28 ratio for threshold diagnosing
• Pete DeCarlo, Delphine: Diagnosing V mode ions in W mode
• Donna Sueper: Introduction and Flowchart of HR Analysis
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Overview & Summary of HR Clinic
• Jon Abbatt: Summary of Univ. of Toronto AMS Activities
• Kathryn Hayden: Summary of Environment Canada AMS Activities
• Heikki Junninen: Squirrel Speed and Robustness

Monday November 2, 2009: ANALYSIS OF HR-ToF-AMS MASS SPECTRA/ OTHER ISSUES

• Donna Sueper: Pika 1.07, Intro to HR species, HR frag and HR batch table
• Donna Sueper: APES 1.05
• Donna Sueper, John Shilling: Review of m/z calibration and best practices
• Tim Onasch: Review of baseline and best practices
• Pete DeCarlo: Review of peak width and shape and best practices
• Delphine Farmer: Review of pika (general multipeak fitting) & best practices
• Mike Cubison: Sensitivity Analysis of HR Results
• Puneet Chhabra: Standard Masses to Fit List
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Discussion of possible future HR Clinics or similar meetings
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Potential AMS spectra intercomparison exercise
• Donna Sueper: Demo and click-along and discussion of new features (no slides to post)

2nd AMS Data Analysis Clinic in Boulder, CO

• General information:
  • This meeting took place in Boulder on Feb 22-25, 2010. Feb. 26 is an optional day with recreational activities (skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, etc.).
  • More information, including most presentations from the meeting, is posted in the 2nd AMS Clinic Wiki Page
  • The results of the attendee survey for the 2nd Clinic are here.

Informal AMS Data Analysis Clinic on EUCAARI data, PSI, April 28-30,2010

• Meeting notes compiled by Erik Swietlicki in Word or text formats.

• Helpful Guide by Pete DeCarlo regarding single ion calibration.

• Helpful Guide by Pete DeCarlo regarding ion efficiency calibration.

• Helpful Guide by Pete DeCarlo regarding size calibration.

• Presentation by Pete DeCarlo regarding HR PMF preparation.

• Text of emailand presentation by Pete DeCarlo regarding CE and nitrate/size issues.

• Short summary of 'What version of Squirrel or Pika Should I be Using?' - A very quick overview by Donna Sueper.

11th AMS Users Meeting, Hyytiala, Finland, Sept. 4-6, 2010

Users Meeting General Information

• Program of the meeting
• Feedback from attendees after the meeting

Saturday, September 4, 2010: AMS HARDWARE UPDATES AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS, INSTRUMENT OPERATION AND CALIBRATIONS

• Doug Worsnop: Welcome to the AMS Users' Meeting (no pres)
• Cameron Martin: Meeting Logistics – Schedule of Meeting (no pres)
• Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Applications and Developments
• John Jayne: Overview of AMS Hardware and Issues
• Tim Onasch: SP-AMS
• Sally Ng/John Jayne: ACSM
• Thorsten Hohaus: TAG-AMS
• Achim Trimborn: LAAP-ToF
• Ed Fortner/John Jayne: AMS Hardware FAQs
• Ed Fortner/John Jayne: Best practices IE Calibrations, Velocity Calibrations
• Manjula Canagaratna: Overview of what we know about Collection Efficiency (Including CE discussions from recent mini-users meetings)
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Comments on Instrument Intercomparisons & CE
  • SMPS Recommended Practices: presentation from Ali Wiedensohler at IAC 2010
• OPEN MIKE TIME (User Presentations: 1-2 slide, 5 min. w/ interesting results, open issues, etc.)
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: a few comments on several topics
    • 2010 IAC Tutorial on Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (not just ARI AMS)
    • AMS signal and control flow diagram (from Weiwei Hu et al.)
  • James Allan: SP-AMS during CalNex-LA

Sunday, September 5, 2010: AMS Data Acquisition and Analysis Software (SQUIRREL, PIKA, PMF)

• Eiko Nemitz: Nitrate-fraction dependent collection efficiency - a synthesis from the EMEP/EUCAARI measurements
• Astrid Kiendler-Scharr: Inorganic vs. Organic NO3 at EUCAARI
• John Jayne for Leah Williams: How to set your Vaporizer Temperature/ Variability in Mass Spectral Signatures
• Manjula Canagaratna: Updates on Q-AMS DAQ
• Jose for Joel Kimmel: Updates on ToF-AMS DAQ
• Mike Cubison for Joel Kimmel:New Aplications of the ToF CI, API (need to ask Joel if we can post)
• Heikki Junninen/Mikael Ehn: APi-ToF
• OPEN MIKE TIME
  • Paul Reitz/Achim Trimborn: Tuning issues
  • Jurgita Ovadnevaite: Sea Salt: To be, or not to be (no pres)
  • Lea Hildebrandt: Measuring Water with the AMS?
  • Carly Robinson: TPS Interlock failure
  • Michael Kundel: Online measurement of gaseous I2 and activated iodine compounds
• Markus Muller: Peak Analysis using Cumulative Peak Fitting
• Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of 2010 Boulder Clinic & Outlook for 2011 Clinic
  • Wiki page for the 3rd AMS Data Analysis Clinic Meeting
• Donna Sueper on Data Analysis Software
  • Intro to new features in Squirrel (mostly new frag panel)
  • Squirrel Do's and Don'ts
  • Intro to new features in PIKA (exact mass list choices for todo fits)
  • Intro to HR frags
  • Squirrel and Pika Comparison

Monday, September 6, 2010: ANALYSIS OF HR-ToF-AMS MASS SPECTRA/ OTHER ISSUES

• James Allan: Error Calculations for AMS Analysis
• Ingrid Ulbrich: Updates on PMF Analysis Software
• Ingrid Ulbrich: Downweighting in PMF
• Samara Carbone: HR Analysis and PMF of Field Data (obstacles & lessons learned)
• Puneet Chhabra: EA of Chamber Experiments (obstacles & lessons learned)
• Mike Cubison: Sensitivity Analysis of HR Results
• Jill Craven: Analysis of Isolated Biomass Burning Plume
• Donna: Update on AMS Light Scattering Tools
• OPEN MIKE TIME
  • Sally Ng: Van Krevelen vs Triangle Diagrams (no pres)
  • Lea Hildebrandt: issues with fitting isotopically-labeled SOA (no pres.)
  • Samara Carbone: illustration of errors input into PMF
  • Qi Zhang: organic water and its effect on the VK diagram (PDF forthcoming)
  • Ingrid Ulbrich: 3D-PMF of AMS size distributions (no pres.)

Informal AMS Data Analysis Clinic on EUCAARI data, Barcelona, Feb 28-Mar 2,2011

Meeting Logistics

3rd AMS Data Analysis Clinic Meeting in Boulder, March 21-25, 2011

• General Information:
  • All information on 3rd Clinic
  • Results of the Pre-Clinic survey on the topics to be covered
  • Feedback on the 3rd AMS Clinic
  • Pictures from 3rd AMS Clinic

• Selected presentations from the Clinic
  • Note: Many presentations and discussions were interactive using Igor and are not listed here
  • Ann Middlebrook, NOAA: Evaluation of Composition-Dependent Collection Efficiencies for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer using Field Data
  • Amber Ortega, CU: Biomass Burning (high loading) Frag Table Modifications
  • Daniel Tkacik, CMU: Is my seed contaminated?
  • Qi Chen, Harvard: Elemental Analysis of Chamber SOA Particles
  • Yele Sun, CSU: Sun's Data
  • Manjula Canagaratna, ARI: H2O for Elemental Analysis and Defining Errors for HR-ToF-PMF
  • Ingrid's Igor Quick Reference

12th AMS Users Meeting, Orlando, FL, Oct. 1-3, 2011

• The AMS Users' Meeting in 2011 will be held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida the weekend prior to the AAAR meeting which will also be held in this hotel. This is the first time we have held our meeting at a hotel and we have chosen to do so because of the Florida location of the AAAR and for the convenience of our users. The AAAR meeting runs from October 3 through 7, 2011. The AMS Users' Meeting will be Oct 1-3 (Mon Oct. 3 does overlap with the tutorials of the AAAR Meeting).

• Announcement and Registration form for the meeting from Cameron Martin PDF

• Dates and Times
  • Saturday, October 1, 2011 ( 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
  • Sunday, October 2, 2011 ( 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
  • Monday, October 3, 2011 (8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

• Schedule PDF
  • Day 1 will focus on hardware, data acquisition, and analysis issues of importance to all AMS users. Progress and advances in new instrumentation (ACSM, SP-AMS, CIMS-AMS) will also be discussed.
  • Day 2 will primarily focus on ToF-AMS data analysis issues. New developments in the data analysis software (Squirrel, PIKA, PMF) will be introduced and best practice recommendations from the recent Boulder Clinic will be presented. More detailed schedules will be sent out shortly.
  • Day 3 will be not have a formal agenda to allow for those who plan to attend tutorials to do so but will be open for discussions of specific users’ questions and issues in an open mike format.

Presentations

• Sat. 1-Oct-2011: AMS Hardware Updates and Technical Developments, Instrument Operation and Calibration
  • Meeting Logistics –Schedule of Meeting - Cameron Martin PDF
  • Overview of AMS Applications and Developments - Doug Worsnop PDF
  • Overview of AMS Hardware and Issues - John Jayne PDF
  • AMS Hardware Tips, Tricks, and FAQs - Ed Fortner & Bill Brooks PDF
  • ACSM - Philip Croteau PDF
  • SP-AMS - Tim Onasch PDF
  • Best Practices: Oven Temperature - Leah Williams PDF
  • Best Practices: IE and Velocity Calibrations - Ed Fortner & John Jayne PDF
  • AMS Collection Efficiency Evaluation with Field Data - Ann Middlebrook PDF
  • Update on High Pressure Lens - Leah Williams PDF
  • Results with High Pressure Lens - Jay Slowik PDF
  • TAG-AMS - Thorsten Hohaus PDF
  • mini-AMS: Development and Status - Mike Cubison PDF
  • TGO - Eben Cross & James Hunter PDF
  • MOVI-ToF-CIMS - Joel Kimmel & Harald Stark PDF
  • LAAP-ToF - Achim Trimborn PDF
  • OPEN MIC:
    • Poor Person's PMF - Sally Ng PDF
    • SMPS Comparisons - Jose Jimenez PDF
    • 3D Factorization - Ingrid Ulbrich PDF
    • SP-AMS Application Examples - Tim Onasch PDF
    • Emotional Response Factors - Eben Cross PDF
    • Filament Installation - Bill Brooks PDF

• Sun. 2-Oct-2011: AMS Data Acquisition and Analysis Software (SQUIRREL, PIKA, PMF)
  • Updates on Q-AMS DAQ - Manjula Canagaratna
  • Updates on ToF-AMS DAQ - Joel Kimmel
  • Summary of 2011 Boulder Clinic, outlook for 2012 Clinic - Jose Jimenez PDF
  • Squirrel Diagnostic Panel Demonstration - Jill Craven PDF
  • Frag Table Adjustments for High Organic Loadings - Amber Ortega PDF
  • Squirrel updates to PToF analysis - Paola Massoli PDF
  • HR Frag Table - Donna Sueper PDF
  • The AMS Error Model - James Allan PDF
  • Squirrel: Error Analysis - Manjula Canagaratna PDF
  • OPEN MIC:
    • PAH from Incense Burning - YJ Li PDF
    • PAM Reactor Updates - Andy Lambe PDF
    • PMF, CMB, ME-2 - Andre Prevot PDF
    • COA PMF estimates and TPOT PMF - Jay Slowik PDF
    • State of tofTools - Heikki Junninen PDF
  • Error diagnostics panel and PMF of chamber studies - Jill Craven PDF
    • Error Diagnostic Panel V0.9C download
  • HR PMF Error Diagnosis - Paola Massoli PDF
  • Update on O/C Analysis details from the Clinic - Manjula Canagaratna PDF
  • Ideas for Next Users Meeting - Joel Kimmel: Proposal, Link to the Survey
  • Updates on PMF Analysis Software - Ingrid Ulbrich PDF
  • RIE of NH4 and gas phase CO2 corrections for 44 - Qi Zhang PDF
  • HR-PMF results from CARES Campaign - Ari Setyan PDF
  • HR-PMF of Ambient data - Samara Carbone PDF
  • Comparison of PMF on FTIR and AMS at Bakersfield during CalNex - Lynn Russell PDF
  • VK triangle diagram - Sally Ng PDF
  • Elemental Composition - Puneet Chhabra PDF
  • "Do I have organic contamination?" - Daniel Tkacik PDF
  • A cross-platform-cross-community peak list standard - Heikki Junninen PDF
  • Van Krevelen comparison of PAM and Caltech Chamber - Andy Lambe PDF

• Mon. 3-Oct-2011: Open Mic Day
  • PCI for Zeppelin Measurements - Florian Rubach PDF
  • PMF at CalNex - Patrick Hayes PDF
  • RIE of NH4NO3 and (NH4)2SO4 - Ann Middlebrook PDF, John Jayne's one slide
  • Mixing experiment with LS-VToF-AMS - Ellis Robinson PDF
  • Q-AMS in China - Yangmei Zhang PDF
  • Cell Phone Interference and Saturation - Jose Jimenez PDF
    • Urs' Cell Phone Noise Reduction Suggestions: http://tinyurl.com/ihatecellphones (usual TOF software username and password)
  • Lunch SP-AMS Open Forum Discussion - lead by Tim Onash
    • SP-AMS Particle and Laser Beam Alignment - Tim
    • Fluorines Baseline Interference - Amewu
    • Oven and Laser Intensity - Axel
    • Work with Metals, RIEs - Samara
    • Laser Safety - Amewu & James
  • Noisy Data - Jill Craven PDF
  • Noise in W-mode - YJ Li PDF

• Accommodations:
  • To make reservations at the hotel: Call the reservations desk at 1-866-996-6338 and in order to get our rate ($177/night), please tell them you are with the AERODYNE RESEARCH-USERS conference. This rate is the same as the AAAR rate and therefore users going to our meeting will be able to continue their stay in this hotel through the AAAR meeting. The hotel will hold 20 rooms for us until August 15, 2011 – so please sign up early to get the discounted rate. AAAR strongly encourages staying at the Rosen Single Creek conference hotel.
  • The hotel’s address is: 9939 Universal Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819 Google Map

4th AMS Clinic in Boulder, March 2012

• General Information
  • Wiki page for the meeting, in Boulder, March 25-28, 2012.
  • List of attendees
  • Pictures from the meeting
  • Feedback from the Clinic
  • AMS Control Diagram @ http://tinyurl.com/AMS-diagram

• Selected presentations from the meeting
  • (Note: most presentations were live using Igor and cannot be posted)
  • Matt Coggon, Caltech: Chopper jitter problems w/ video
  • Sonya Collier, Davis: Issues with USB communication with the pump box
  • Yu Jun Leong, Rice Univ: Major turbo pump failure
  • Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Colorado: Speedfan to monitor T of your computer motherboard
  • Roya Bahreini, NOAA: Quantifying uncertainties in AMS concentrations
  • Florian Ruebach, Juelich: Optimizing timing for the DAQ software
  • Matt Coggon, Caltech: Issue with normalization for PToF image plots under low signal-to-noise conditions
  • Brett Palm, Colorado: m/z calibration issues at high concentrations
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez, Colorado: Intro and Clicker Questions
  • Donna Sueper, Colorado & Aerodyne, and Manjula Canagaratna, Aerodyne: Clicker questions
  • Paola Massoli, Aerodyne: New ions for marine aerosols
    • mmass tool
  • Zhaogeng Gong, Shenzen U: Noisy dataset + VW ions
    • Reminder: Pete DeCarlo's presentation on V ions in W, W ions in V, and VW ions in W
  • JL Jimenez, Colorado: Reminder of submitting data to high-resolution AMS database
  • Ingrid Ulbrich, Colorado: Release of new beta version of the PMF Evaluation Tool
  • Ingrid Ulbrich, Colorado: Possible intermediate Igor course online
  • Jill Craven, Caltech: Error diagnostics for PMF
  • Samara Carbone, FMI: Weak vs bad variables in PMF
  • Qi Zhang, UC-Davis: Introduction and call for datasets for AMS Global Dataset Database
    • FAQs for the database

13th AMS and 1st All-Aerodyne-MS Users Meeting

• A shortcut to this location is http://tinyurl.com/12-AMS.

• This meeting took place in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota immediately after the end of the 2012 Minneapolis AAAR Meeting.

• Announcement and Registration form for the meeting from Cameron Martin PDF

• The results of the feedback survey are here

• Dates and Times
  • Saturday, October 13, 2012 (8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
  • Sunday, October 14, 2012 (8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
  • Monday, October 15, 2012 (8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
• Schedule HERE
• Technical Presentations
  • Saturday, October 13, 2012
    • Aerodyne Mass Spectrometers: Hardware and Software Developments
      • Doug Worsnop: Welcome and Overview of Applications
      • John Jayne: AMS
      • Phil Croteau: ACSM
      • Mike Cubison: ToF-ACSM
      • Pete DeCarlo: Mini-AMS
      • Tim Onasch: SP-AMS
      • Thorsten Hohaus: TAG-AMS
      • John Jayne for Joel Kimmel: CIMS [to be posted later]
      • Jason Surratt: IMS
      • Achim Trimborn: LAAP-TOF
    • Aerodyne Mass Spectrometers: New Applications
      • Kelly Daumit: Deployment of the ACSM for mobile online chemical characterization: measurements of volcanic smog (VOG)
      • Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini: ACSM measurements of Fine Aerosol in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia
      • Reddy Yatavelli: MOVI-HRToF-CIMS BEACHON Results [to be posted later]
      • Tuija Jokinen: Applications of chemical ionization with APi-TOF
      • Eben Cross: In-situ Characterization of IVOC / SVOC Emissions in a Jet-Engine Exhaust plume
      • James Allan: SP-AMS analysis of black carbon standards and engine emissions
      • Dara Salcedo: Trace element detection
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Do you need the charcoal denuder in the thermal denuder?
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Update on intercomparison of 5 SMPSs and 3 CPCs during a recent field campaign
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Impacts of Sea Salt, Acidity, Organic Nitrates & Sulfates on AMS NH4+ balance (& NO2+ /NO+ Ratio)
      • Ken Docherty: (Presented by J.L. Jimenez): CE of chamber SOA
    • AMS and ACSM UMR Issues
      • Liz Alexander Laser Ablation AMS for Characterization of Soils and other Solid Samples
      • Leah Williams: Vaporizer Temperature Setting
      • Leah Williams: Updates on Lens Development
      • Robert Wolf Characterization of bacteria with the high pressure lens + ME-2
      • Manjula Canagaratna AMS Response to Oxidized Organic Standards
    • CIMS Breakout
      • Puneet Chabbra: m/z calibrants for CIMS
      • John Jayne: Overview of MOVI electronics
      • Harald Stark: Tofware Update
      • Wendy Marth: Gas-phase calibrations and other observations for day-to-day operations of the CIMS on an indoor smog chamber
  • Sunday, October 14, 2012
    • CIMS
      • Harald Stark & Sam Thompson: Zero air generators
      • Lee Mauldin: Nitrate Ion Chemical Ionization
    • PMF
      • Manjula Canagaratna: Overview of PMF components observed in global ambient AMS measurements
      • Qi Zhang: Organic aerosol factor analysis of long term ACSM data
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Plans for 2013 AMS Clinic and CIMS Meeting in Boulder
        • Summary of 2012 Clinic & Jill's Pika Cake
        • The info on the 2013 AMS Boulder Clinic will be at http://tinyurl.com/AMSClinic5
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez,Qi Zhang: Hi-res MS spectra database + Updated global dataset database
        • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for AMS Global Database
        • FAQs for AMS Data Users (e.g. modelers)
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Updates on PMF Evaluation Tool (PET)
      • Andre Prevot: A further developed panel for ME-2/PMF applications
      • Harald Stark: Precision estimation for PMF of CIMS datasets
      • Mike Cubison: Tool For calculating HR Peak Fitting Errors
      • Paola Massoli: PMF of SP-AMS data
      • Jill Craven: PMF of Chamber OA data
    • SP-AMS
      • Ed Fortner: Alignment and Calibration – Best practices and issues to address
      • Leah Williams: Atomizing BC standards
      • Tim Onasch: Refractory Carbon Signals
      • Alex Lee: Single Particle Black carbon detection
      • Amewu Mensah: Carbon ion signal variance for different black carbon types
      • Manjula Canagaratna: Calibration of SP-AMS Elemental Analysis with organic standards
      • Andy Lambe: Laboratory Flame Soot Characterization
      • Patrik Nilsson: Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
      • Leah Williams for Doug Worsnop: Plots to make
    • ACSM
      • Minna Aurela: ACSM ambient datasets in Finland
      • Samara Carbone: Chemical characterization of submicron aerosol particles with the ACSM in Santiago, Chile
      • Phil Crouteau: Update on ACSM Performance
      • Phil Crouteau: ACSM Corrections (Airbeam, naphthalene)
      • Jay Slowik: Review of Best ACSM Practices & ACTRIS Network multi-ACSM deployment
      • Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini: ACSM Inter-Comparison Study For Ambient Fine Aerosol Measurements in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia
      • Mike Cubison: First comparison of ToF-ACSM and q-ACSM [to be posted later]
    • ToF-AMS
      • Donna Sueper: Panel for Composition-Dependent Collection Efficiency (CDCE)
      • Donna Sueper: High-Resolution PToF Software
    • Open Mike
      • Dana Aljawhary: Photo-oxidation of a-pinene SOA in the aqueous phase: a comparison between HR-AMS and ToF-CIMS using different reagent ions
      • Imad El Haddad: Off-Line Organic Aerosol Analyses of Filter Samples Using Aerosol Mass Spectrometry
      • Shunsuke Nakao: Density and Elemental Ratios of SOA w/ HR-ToF-AMS
      • Pedro Campuzano-Jost: Organic Nitrates durign BEACHON-RoMBAS [to be posted later]
  • Monday
    • AMS
      • Ed Fortner: AMS Hardware Tips, Tricks, and FAQs
      • Pedro Campuzano-Jost: Some useful customizations of the AMS: Developing an internal calibrant standard, integrating a cryopump to the ionization chamber, and a custom vent assembly
      • Mike Cubison (for Joel Kimmel): TOF Concepts (Thresholding, Linearity, Dynamic Range, Averaging)
      • Mike Cubison: DAQ Update + Plans for New ADC + Auto-tuning ToF-AMS TPS Voltages
      • Sonya Collier: CO2 Subtraction for vehicle emissions sampled with an HR‐ToF‐AMS

Dec-2012 ACSM Meeting @ PSI

• Updates on ACSM Performance

March-2013 CIMS Meeting and 5th AMS Clinic in Boulder

• Boulder meetings will take place 22-29 March 2013: 2nd Aerodyne CIMS Users Meeting and 5th AMS Clinic
• 2nd CIMS Users' Meeting presentations
• 5th AMS Clinic page

• Presentations shown (most of the Clinic is hands-on without formal presentations)
  • John Jayne on TOF Thresholds
  • Joel Kimmel on Thresholds and other TOF concepts
  • Filament replacement presentation
  • Q-AMS Manual (has procedure for replacing filaments and servo)
  • Phil Croteau: RIE of SO4 in the ACSM
  • Jay Slowik: ME-2 Igor Tool
  • Discussion of cell phone towers:
    • First, find out which frequencies are used by the towers. Frequencies > 1 GHz or so are filtered by the Acquiris card (even with the highest "bandwidth" setting), while lower frequencies tend to be more problematic. Note that a company such as Verizon uses multiple frequencies at different towers (and sometimes in the same tower), so you need to find out the specific ones used there.
    • You can test for the electromagnetic energy using an RF detector. See some pictures at this link, with a "3-axis antenna" and detector. The detector picked up the rigth frequencies for the cell towers and with the expected spatial pattern (turns out that the antennas are very directional and don't transmit any energy directly below, even a few meters down). That equipment is expensive ($15k?) but I think there are companies that can do the testing for you (that said, it may be almost as much work as bringing the AMS there, depending how hard that is...).

Matt's cake reflecting the progress at the 5th Clinic:

14th AMS Users Meeting in Prague, 2013

• Information about 14th Users Meeting at the ARI Web Site

Saturday, Sep. 7

• Cameron Martin: Logistics
• Aerodyne Mass Spectrometers: Hardware and Software Developments
  • Doug Worsnop: Welcome and Overview of Applications
  • John Jayne: Overview of Aerosol Instrument Developments (AMS Family and FIGAERO)
  • Joel Kimmel: Overview of Gas-Phase Instrument Developments (ToF-CIMS and IMS-TOF
  • Phil Croteau: ACSM
  • Mike Cubison: ToF-ACSM and mAMS
  • Tim Onasch: SP-AMS
  • Thorsten Hohaus/ John Jayne: TAG-AMS and TAG-CIMS
  • Harald Stark: ToF-CIMS (reagent ion chemistry & data analysis)
  • Soeren Zorn: LAAP-TOF
  • John Jayne: Overview of AMS Upgrades: ePToF, ADQ (single particle), PM2.5 lens, capture vaporizer,autotuning
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Ambient Comparison of Standard vs. Capture Vaporizer
  • Leah Williams: PM2.5 Lens

• Aerodyne Mass Spectrometers: Applications
  • Samara Carbone: Trace metals: detection and quantification with SP-AMS
  • Paulo Artaxo: ACSM deployments in Brazil
  • Manjula Canagaratna: IMS-TOF (ESI and CI) (to be published soon)
  • Claudia Mohr: FIGAERO-ToF-CIMS
  • Nicky Young: Year-long CToF-AMS measurements at an urban background site in London, UK

• AMS / ACSM User Presentations
  • David Green: Comparison ACSM and CToF-AMS measurements in London
  • Moritz Mann: Online Quantification of gaseous Amines using the HR-ToF-AMS and artificially generated Particles
  • Vincent Crenn/Jean Sciare: ACSM SIRTA Intercomparison for Nov 2013
  • Francesco Canonaco: SoFi the Igor based user interface for ME-2
  • Carlo Bozzetti: Off-Line Analysis of Filter Samples Using the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer: Developments, Application and Source Apportionment (to be published shortly, for information contact him at carlo.bozzetti(at)psi.ch

• ToF-CIMS
  • Small Group Gathering for informal discussion (no slides will be posted)

Sunday, September 8

• AMS: Hardware and Software Updates
  • Joel Kimmel: DAQ Update
  • Donna Sueper: Update on AMS HR analysis
  • Ed Fortner/ Bill Brooks: AMS Hardware Updates,Tips, and Tricks

• AMS/ACSM: Calibration and Quantification
  • John Jayne/ Ed Fortner: Best practices for IE Calibrations
  • Phil Croteau: Relative Ionization Efficiency Calibrations

• ACSM: Operation and Data Analysis
  • Phil Croteau: ACTRIS Open Questions Discussion
  • Jean Sciare: Cape Corsica Measurements/ME2
  • Veronique Riffault: Chloride RIE Measurements
  • Minna Aurela: ACSM in Helsinki, comparison of sites and online/offline methods
  • Michael Bressi:Comparison between 2 ACSMs during a 2 month summer Period at the JRC-ISPRA site
  • Phil Croteau: ACSM Data Analysis Tutorial (no slides)

• SP-AMS: Operation and Data Analysis
  • Tim Onasch: SP-AMS details
  • Sanna Saarikoski: SP-AMS measurements in an aircraft for investigating ship emissions
  • Friederike Freutel: Development of a new classification algorithm for LSP-AMS single particle data, and its application to field data
  • Tim Onasch/Alex Lee: Collection efficiency of Soot-Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (SP-AMS) for internally mixed particulate black carbon
  • Joel Corbin: SP-AMS Intercomparison campaign Analysis
  • Amewu Mensah: SP-AMS Intercomparison campaign Analysis of High Resolution Mass Spectra
  • Axel Eriksson: CO/C3 ratios during intercomparison
  • Joel Corbin: SP-AMS of rBC Particles From 6 Sources: Refractory Carbon Clusters (Cx+) and Oxygenated Ions (rCOx+)
  • Ed Fortner: Particle and laser beam alignment practices with the SP-AMS
  • Ed Fortner: SP-AMS measurements conducted during the SLCF brick kiln study

• Analysis of High-Resolution Mass Spectra
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Improved method for AMS Elemental Analysis (to be published soon)

Monday, September 9

• Analysis of High-Resolution Mass Spectra (cont.)
  • Mike Cubison: HR fitting confidence limits (to be published soon)
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: SOA Formation without Oxygen: Isotopic Labeling Studies, and the limitations of HR fitting even at W-mode resolutions
  • Harald Stark: HR fitting and elemental analysis

• AMS and ACSM & Open Mike
  • Joel Corbin: CO+ in woodstove smoke
    • Jose-Luis Jimenez: comment on CO+, C2H4+, and CH2N+ in open BB smoke (see Fig. S5 and S7)
  • Michael Elsasser: analysis of biomass smoke w HR-AMS
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez (for Ingrid Ulbrich): PET PMF analysis Updates
  • James Allan: Comparing Mass Spectra... centred or uncentred r?
  • Francesco Canonaco: SoFi Tutorial (no slides)
  • Nivedita Kumar: AMS contamination with Fomblin
  • Patrick Schlag: CHO+ example
  • Ed Fortner/Bill Brooks:Best Hardware Questions of 2013

15th AMS Users Meeting in Prague, 2013

Tuesday, August 26

• Start of Day 1
  • Cameron Martin: Logistics
  • Doug Worsnop: Welcome and Overview of Applications
  • John Jayne: Aerosol Instrument Developments
  • Andrew Freedman CAPS monitor
  • John Jayne AMS Hardware Developments
• AMS/ACSM: Calibration and Quantification
  • Manjula Canagaratna: AMS quantification Issues Overview
  • Weiwei Hu: Performance of Capture Vaporizer
  • Ed Fortner: Best Practices for IE (AMS, ACSM)
  • John Jayne: AMS instrument intercomparisons
  • Roman Fröhlich: Intercomparison of ACSMs concerning mass
  • Simone Pieber: Impact of nitrate on f44
  • Manjula Canagaratna: Decomposition timescales of organics on the
  • Followup open discussion

Future Meetings

• The following are the likely dates & locations for future AMS (and ToF-CIMS) Users Meetings:
  • 2014 Aerodyne MS Users Meeting: after IAC 2014 in Busan, Korea
  • 2015 ToF-CIMS Users Meeting: ~ time & location TBD
  • 2015 Aerodyne MS Users Meeting: Tentatively after AAAR Meeting in Fall 2015 (Minneapolis)