ToF-AMS Analysis Software

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A copy of the pdf sent to Pika 1.06J beta testers can be downloaded here

Pika 1.06J beta testers:

• Upgrade to Igor 6.11

To use a new Pika template:

• Download new .pxt at here

To upgrade an existing experiment:

• Upgrade Squirrel ipfs to 1.47H. Download zipped file of ipfs at here.

• Upgrade Pika ipfs to 1.06J. Note that there are two new ipfsin 1.06J: PK_frag_xx and Pk_elemAnal_xx. There is now a total of 7 PK_yy_xx_ipfs. Download zipped file of ipfs at here.

• Create a data folder called HR_frag and load all waves from the file HR_fragWaves_1_06J.itx into it. Download zipped itx file at here.

• Kill and recreate the main Squirrel panel and the main Pika panel.

(After this step it would be a good idea to save your experiment as version 1_06J or something else).

• Play!

Initial comments From Doug, Manjula, Jose, roughly transcribed by Donna:

• It is important to keep the HR species and SQ species synchronized. At the few places where the default SQ frag table accounts for an ion and the HR species do not, or visa versa, we should reconcile the two.

• The 'converted' HR frag table will likely be too confusing for typical users, as they aren't supposed to edit anything here. So this table should not have a button on the panel.

• Jose suggested that perhaps there should be an option for adding in the squirrel sticks beyond the max HR fit m/z to the HR organic. Response from Donna: Folks can do that 'by hand' by making a new, duplicate Squirrel frag_organic that is blank up to the max HR m/z. Users can then manually add this extra organic to the HR organic time series, or the HR organic average stick spectra to plots themselves. For now, I think it a good thing that we keep HR organic as what we explicitly define it to be.

• Add a small APES picture in the HR Results tab, Elemental Analysis group box?

Details:

Users should be aware that a few sulfate entries in the default list of all ions incorrect. Either the entry for the isotopic abundance is missing, or the parent ion is not the same formula as is given in the all ions table, or the entry refers to a wrong parent ion. I really hope the All HR ion group of Puneet, Delphine, Qi, and Niall will have this all straightened out!