AMS Users
Serial No.</td> | <b>Researchers</td> | <b>Department</td> | <b>Institution</td> | <b>Location</td> | 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 | </tr>
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) <p>
Serial No.</td> | <b>Researchers</td> | <b>Department</td> | <b>Institution</td> | <b>Location</td> |
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 | </tr>
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</b> | <td>Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)</td><td>Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)</td><td>Richland, Washington, USA</td>
Serial No.</td> | <b>Researchers</td> | <b>Department</td> | <b>Institution</td> | <b>Location</td> | 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 | </tr>
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</td> | <b>Principal Investigator</td> | <b>Department</td> | <b>Institution</td> | <b>Location</td> | Atmospheric Pressure - Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (AP-CIMS) | Thorsten Hoffmann | Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy | Dortmund, Germany</tr> <tr><td>Gas & Particle-Phase <a href="http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~wennberg/cims.html">Selected-Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer</a> (SI-CIMS) | <td><a href="http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~wennberg/">Paul Wennberg</a></td><td>Dept. of Geological and Planetary Sciences</td><td><a href="http://www.caltech.edu">California Institute of Technology</a></td><td>Pasadena, California</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://acd.ucar.edu/~jimsmith//POP/default.htm">Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TDCIMS)</a></td><td><a href="http://acd.ucar.edu/~jimsmith//POP/default.htm">Jim Smith</a> & Fred Eisele</td><td><a href="http://www.acd.ucar.edu/">Atmospheric Chemistry Division</a></td><td><a href="http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/ncar/index.html">National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)</a></td><td><a href="boulder_overview.jpg">Boulder</a>, Colorado</td></tr> </table> </font>
Instrument</td> | <b>Principal Investigator | Department | Institution</td> | <b>Location</td> |
<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.
<p>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.
<p>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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