AOS: Scanning-Mobility Particle Sizer (aossmps)

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The scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) is a particle size spectrometer that measures the aerosol number size distribution by sizing particles based on their electrical mobility diameter using a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) and by counting particles using a condensation particle counter (CPC). It measures aerosol concentration and aerosol particle size distribution.

The SMPS can measure the aerosol number size distribution in the particle diameter range from 10 to 500 nanometers (Regular SMPS) and from 2 to 150 nanometers (Nano SMPS).

The SMPS is part of the aerosol observing system (AOS).

Location

Southern Great Plains
  • Latitude: 36.604937
  • Longitude: -97.485561
  • Publication Date: 2016-11-15
  • Start Date: 2016-11-15
  • End Date: 2020-11-28
  • Last Updated: 2020-12-03

Instrument Mentor

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#smps

Jian Wang
Washington University in St. Louis
Chongai Kuang
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cynthia Salwen
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Matthew Boyer
Hamelmann Communications
Ashish Singh
Brookhaven National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1095583
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2016, updated hourly. Scanning mobility particle sizer (AOSSMPS). 2016-11-15 to 2020-11-28, Southern Great Plains (SGP) Lamont, OK (Extended and Co-located with C1) (E13). Compiled by C. Kuang, J. Wang, C. Salwen, M. Boyer and A. Singh. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1095583.