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Developing Particle Standards to Improve Measurement and Model Performance
JAMES SMITH, Nicole Riemer, Chongai Kuang, Manjula Canagaratna, Philip Croteau, Cassandra Gaston, Jose-Luis Jimenez, Murray Johnston, Arthur J. Sedlacek, Ernie R. Lewis, Christopher Cappa, Yan Feng, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Markus Petters, Paul DeMott, University of California, Irvine
Abstract Number: 689
Working Group: Aerosol Standards
Abstract
This poster provides an overview of a recent effort within the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Systems Research Program to bring together theorists, modelers and experimentalists in order to identify improvements to existing aerosol standards or articulate needs for new types of standards that will both aid in interpreting lab and field measurements as well as assure that aerosol measurements address modeling needs. We highlight methods for generating aerosol standards and the application of those standards to instrument calibration. We focus on methods that could be employed in the near term with established technologies, as well as improvements needed to address current needs in their respective research areas that represent “unsolved challenges” in their field. We cover a broad range of disciplines within aerosol science, including the measurement of aerosol size distribution and composition, optical properties, cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), and ice nucleating particles (INPs).