Atmospheric Aerosols

Dr. Dennis Savoie emphasizes the measurement of major, minor and trace component composition of both bulk and size segregated aerosols.

Click here to seeSamplers for collecting bulk and size segregated aerosol samplers, located at Izaña, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Dr. Hal Maring measures aerosol physical properties, size distribution and mass, and optical properties.

Left, an Aerodynamic Particle Sizer, Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer and Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter for measuring aerosol size distribution; Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance for measuring aerosol mass; Nephelometer and Particle/Soot Absorption Photometer for measuring aerosol light scattering and absorption