AMS Users
From Jimenez Group Wiki
| Serial No. | Researchers | Department | Institution | Location |
| 215-039 | Doug Worsnop, John Jayne, Manjula Canagaratna, Tim Onasch, Achim Trimborn, Megan Northway, and Leah Williams | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com/cacc/cacc.html">Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com">Aerodyne Research</a> | Billerica, Massachusetts, USA |
| 215-030 | <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/~jjose">Jose-Luis Jimenez</a> and the <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/">Jimenez Group</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/Chemistry/">Chemistry & Biochemistry</a>, and <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/">CIRES</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">University of Colorado at Boulder</a> | <a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado, USA |
| 255-025 | <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/%7Edrewnick/single_particle_analysis_group_staff_english.html">Frank Drewnick</a> and Stephan Borrmann | <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~schneid/cpc_e.htm">Particle Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de">Max Planck Institute for Chemistry</a> | Mainz, Germany |
| 255-004 | <a href="http://www.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/qz/">Qi Zhang</a> | <a href="http://asrc.cestm.albany.edu/research/aerosol.htm">Aerosol Science Lab</a>, Deparment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | <a href="http://www.albany.edu">State University of New York at Albany</a> | Albany, New York, USA |
| 215-042 | Prof. Imamura | Atmospheric Environmental Division | <a href="http://www.nies.go.jp/index.html">NIES</a> | Tsukuba, Japan |
| 215-043 | Shao-Meng Li, Richard Leaitch, Kathy Hayden | Atmospheric Division | <a href="http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html">Environment Canada</a> | Toronto, Canada |
List of users of the Aerodyne Compact Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ToF-AMS, also known as "cToF") (in order of delivery)
| Serial No. | Researchers | Department | Institution | Location |
| 215-028 | <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/~jjose">Jose-Luis Jimenez</a>, and the <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/">Jimenez Group</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/Chemistry/">Chemistry & Biochemistry</a>, and <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/">CIRES</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">University of Colorado at Boulder</a> | <a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado, USA |
| 215-029 | Doug Worsnop, John Jayne, Manjula Canagaratna, Tim Onasch, Achim Trimborn, Megan Northway, and Leah Williams | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com/cacc/cacc.html">Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com">Aerodyne Research</a> | Billerica, Massachusetts, USA |
| 215-037 | <a href="http://www.che.caltech.edu/faculty/seinfeld_j/">John Seinfeld</a>, and <a href="http://www.che.caltech.edu/faculty/flagan_r/">Rick Flagan</a> | Department of Chemical Engineering | <a href="http://www.caltech.edu">California Institute of Technology</a> | Pasadena, California, USA |
| 255-019 | <a href="http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/people/coe/coe.htm">Hugh Coe</a>, Keith Bower, <a href="http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/people/allan/">James Allan</a> | <a href="http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/field/ams1.htm">Atmospheric Physics Group</a> | <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/">University of Manchester</a> | Manchester, UK |
| 215-038 | Mike Alexander | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) | Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) | Richland, Washington, USA |
| 215-041 | John Jayne et al. | Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, and <a href="http://www.bnl.gov/des/ecd.htm">Atmospheric Sciences Division</a> | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com">Aerodyne</a> and <a href="http://www.bnl.gov">Brookhaven National Lab</a> | Billerica, MA, and Brookhaven, NY, USA |
List of users of the Aerodyne Quadrupole Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) (in order of delivery)
| Serial No. | Researchers | Department | Institution | Location |
| 000 & 255-008 | Doug Worsnop, John Jayne, Manjula Canagaratna, Tim Onasch, Achim Trimborn, Megan Northway, and Leah Williams | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com/cacc/cacc.html">Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com">Aerodyne Research</a> | Billerica, Massachusetts, USA |
| 255-001 | <a href="http://www.che.caltech.edu/faculty/seinfeld_j/">John Seinfeld</a> and <a href="http://www.che.caltech.edu/faculty/flagan_r/">Rick Flagan</a> | Department of Chemical Engineering | <a href="http://www.caltech.edu">California Institute of Technology</a> | Pasadena, California, USA |
| 255-002 & 255-010 | <a href="http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/people/coe/coe.htm">Hugh Coe</a>, Keith Bower, <a href="http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/people/allan/">James Allan</a> | <a href="http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/field/ams1.htm">Atmospheric Physics Group</a> | <a href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/">University of Manchester</a> | Manchester, UK |
| 255-004 | <a href="http://paos.colorado.edu/~toohey/">Darin Toohey </a> | <a href="http://paos.colorado.edu">Dept. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">University of Colorado at Boulder</a> | <a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado, USA |
| 255-005 | <a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~jallen1/">Jonathan Allen</a> | Departments of Chemical and Environmental Engineering | <a href="http://www.asu.edu">Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona, USA |
| 255-006 | Eiko Nemitz | <a href="http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/">Atmospheric Sciences Division | <a href="http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/edinburgh.html">CEH (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)</a> | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| 255-007 | <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~schneid/schneider/index_e.htm">Johannes Schneider</a>, <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/%7Edrewnick/single_particle_analysis_group_staff_english.html">Frank Drewnick</a>, and Stephan Borrmann | <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~schneid/cpc_e.htm">Particle Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de">Max Planck Institute for Chemistry</a> | Mainz, Germany |
| 255-009 | <a href="http://noysun1.atmos.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng.html">Yutaka Kondo</a> and Nobu Takegawa | Center for Advanced Science and Technology | <a href="http://www.utokyoac.com">University of Tokyo</a> | Tokyo, Japan |
| 255-011 | Ann Middlebrook and Roya Bahreini | <a href="http://www.al.noaa.gov/">Aeronomy Laboratory</a> | <a href="http://www.noaa.gov">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> | <a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado, USA |
| 255-012 | Shao-Meng Li, Richard Leaitch, Kathy Hayden | Atmospheric Division | <a href="http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html">Environment Canada</a> | Toronto, Canada |
| 255-013 | John Jayne et al. | <a href="http://www.atmos.anl.gov/ACP/G-1page.html">DoE Research Aircraft Facility</a>, <a href="http://www.atmos.anl.gov/ACP/">DOE Atmospheric Chemistry Program</a>, and <a href="http://www.pnl.gov/">DOE Pacific NorthWest National Lab</a> | <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com">Aerodyne</a> / <a href="http://www.energy.gov/">Department of Energy</a> | |
| 255-014 | <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/~jjose">Jose-Luis Jimenez</a>, and <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/people/tolbert">Margaret Tolbert</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/Chemistry/">Chemistry & Biochemistry</a>, and <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/">CIRES</a> | <a href="http://www.colorado.edu">University of Colorado at Boulder</a> | <a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado, USA |
| 255-015 | <a href="http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-ii/index.php?index=141&portal=1">Thomas Mentel</a> and <a href="http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-ii/a_kiendler_scharr">Astrid Kiendler-Scharr</a> | . | <a href="http://www.fz-juelich.de/index-e.html">Juelich Research Center</a> | Juelich, Germany |
| 255-016 | <a href="http://www.nies.go.jp/asia/english/kenkyusha/takami_akinori.html">Akinori Takami</a>, <a href="http://www.nies.go.jp/atmos/member/tmiyoshi/index-e.html">Takao Miyoshi</a> and <a href="http://www.nies.go.jp/atmos/member/shatakeyama/index-e.html">Shiro Hatakeyama</a> | Atmospheric Environmental Division | <a href="http://www.nies.go.jp/index.html">NIES</a> | Tsukuba, Japan |
| 255-017 | Masabumi Yoshimura and Tomoniri Takada | <a href="http://www.pecj.or.jp/japanese/overseas/koria/2006_2nd_oiltech/10_Air_Quality_Simulation.pdf">Japan Clean Air Program (JCAP)</a> | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Ministry of Environment | Tokyo, Japan |
| 255-018 | <a href="http://www.chem.usu.edu/pages/research%20pages/webpages/philipsilva.html">Phil Silva</a> | <a href="http://www.chem.usu.edu">Department of Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.usu.edu">Utah State University</a> | Logan, Utah, USA |
| 255-020 | <a href="http://www-das.uwyo.edu/faculty/montague/montague.shtml">Derek Montague</a> and <a href="http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~deshler/">Terry Deshler</a> | <a href="http://www-das.uwyo.edu/">Department of Atmospheric Sciences</a> | <a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/">University of Wyoming</a> | Wyoming, USA |
| 255-022 | Ken-Ichi Akiyama | . | Japan Automotive Research Institute (JARI) | Japan |
| 255-023 | Akio Shimono | . | <a href="http://www.g-sanyu.co.jp/english/index.html">Sanyu Plant Service</a> | Japan |
| 255-024 | Shao-Meng Li, Richard Leaitch, Kathy Hayden | Atmospheric Division | <a href="http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html">Environment Canada</a> | Toronto, Canada |
| 255-026 | <a href="http://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/Fac/People?FAC_ID=119">Rob Griffin</a> | <a href="http://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/About">Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space</a> | <a href="http://www.unh.edu">University of New Hampshire</a> | Durham, NH, USA |
| 215-027 | Tim Bates and Trish Quinn | Atmospheric Chemistry Group | <a href="http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/">NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)</a> | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 215-031 | Lynn Russell | <a href="http://sio.ucsd.edu/">Scripps Institute of Oceanography</a> | <a href="http://www.ucsd.edu">University of California, San Diego</a> | La Jolla, California, USA |
| 215-032 | <a href="http://venda.uku.fi/~alaakson/">Ari Laaksonen</a> | <a href="http://venda.uku.fi/">Dept. of Applied Physics</a> | <a href="http://www.uku.fi/">University of Kuopio</a> | Kuopio, Finland |
| 215-033 | <a href="http://www.cawas.cma.gov.cn/cgi-bin/cawas_struc_sunjunying.htm">Junying Sun</a> | . | Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS) | Beijing, China |
| 215-034 | <a href="http://www.seaes.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/staff/staffprofile.php?id=217">Rami Alfarra</a>, <a href="http://lac.web.psi.ch/LAC_Staff/personal_homepages/prevot_personal.html">Andre Prevot</a>, and <a href="http://lac.web.psi.ch/LAC_Staff/personal_homepages/baltensperger_personal.html">Urs Baltensperger</a> | <a href="http://lac.web.psi.ch/">Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.psi.ch/">Paul Scherrer Institut</a> | Villigen, Switzerland |
| 215-035 | <a href="http://www.cheme.cmu.edu/people/faculty/spyros.htm">Spyros Pandis</a>, <a href="http://www.me.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=robinson">Allen Robinson</a>, and <a href="http://www.cheme.cmu.edu/people/faculty/nmd.htm">Neil Donahue</a> | <a href="http://www.cheme.cmu.edu">Depts. of Chemical Engineering</a> and <a href="http://www.me.cmu.edu/">Mechanical Engineering</a> | <a href="http://www.cmu.edu">Carnegie Mellon</a> | Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| 215-036 | Yi-Nan Lee | <a href="http://www.bnl.gov/des/ecd.htm">Atmospheric Sciences Division</a> | <a href="http://www.bnl.gov">Brookhaven National Lab</a> | Brookhaven, NY, USA |
| 215-040 | <a href="http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~sloanj/">Jim Sloan</a> | <a href="http://www.chemistry.uwaterloo.ca/">Dept. of Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/">University of Waterloo</a> | Waterloo, Canada |
| Instrument | Principal Investigator | Department | Institution | Location |
| Atmospheric Pressure - Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (AP-CIMS) | Thorsten Hoffmann | Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy | Dortmund, Germany | |
| Gas & Particle-Phase <a href="http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~wennberg/cims.html">Selected-Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer</a> (SI-CIMS) | <a href="http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~wennberg/">Paul Wennberg</a> | Dept. of Geological and Planetary Sciences | <a href="http://www.caltech.edu">California Institute of Technology</a> | Pasadena, California |
| <a href="http://acd.ucar.edu/~jimsmith//POP/default.htm">Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TDCIMS)</a> | <a href="http://acd.ucar.edu/~jimsmith//POP/default.htm">Jim Smith</a> & Fred Eisele | <a href="http://www.acd.ucar.edu/">Atmospheric Chemistry Division</a> | <a href="http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/ncar/index.html">National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)</a> | <a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado |
| Instrument | Principal Investigator | Department | Institution | Location |
| <a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/chemistry/faculty/millerre/remgroup/labpictrues.html#Single%20Particle%20Laser%20(view%201)">Single Particle Mass Spectrometer</a> | Tomas Baer & Roger Miller | Department of Chemistry | <a href="http://www.unc.edu">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| <a href="http://www.chem.uga.edu/gsmith/Aerosol_CIMS/body_aerosol_cims.html">Aerosol Mass Spectrometer</a> | <a href="http://www.chem.uga.edu/gsmith/">Geoffrey Smith</a> | <a href="http://www.chem.uga.edu">Department of Chemistry</a> | <a href="http://www.unc.edu"><a href="http://www.uga.edu">University of Georgia</a> | Athens, Georgia |
| <a href="http://www.chemicaldynamics.lbl.gov/aerosol.html">VUV Aerosol Mass Spectrometer</a> | Musa Ahmed | <a href="http://www.chemicaldynamics.lbl.gov">Chemical Dynamics Beam Line</a> | <a href="http://www.lbl.gov">Lawrence Berkeley National Lab</a> | Berkeley, California |
Many people ask me about the advantages and disadvantages of the two commercially available aerosol mass spectrometers: the <a href="http://www.aerodyne.com/products/aerosol_mass_spectrometer.htm">Aerodyne AMS<a> and the <a href="http://www.tsi.com/Product.aspx?Cid=33&Cid2=-1&Pid=65">TSI 3800</a>. The first question I ask is: what do you want to do with it? Although the instruments are conceptually similar, the data produced are very different, and in a general sense the instruments are complementary. One or the other may be best suited for a specific application.
The table below (taken from my <a href="http://cires.colorado.edu/~jjose/Jimenez_Aerosol_MS_Intro.pdf">2002 AAAR Tutorial handouts</a>) compares the main features & specifications. During the AAAR 2002 Conference, I asked representatives of both Aerodyne and TSI whether they disagreed with anything in the table, and no one suggested any changes at that time.
If you think the table is not accurate or complete, please email me. If I agree with you, I'll modify the table. If I don't, I can still post your comments here (as such).
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