Concept information
Preferred term
PILS/WSOC
Definition
- An instrument for on-line continuous measurement of the water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) component of aerosol particles is described and results from an urban site in St. Louis are presented. A Particle-into-Liquid Sampler impacts ambient particles, grown to large water droplets, onto a plate and then washes them into a flow of purified water. The resulting liquid is filtered and the carbon content quantified by a Total Organic Carbon analyzer providing continuous six-minute integral measurements with a detection limit of 0.1 μg C/m3. Summer and fall measurements of WSOC and organic carbon (OC) indicated WSOC/OC ratio typically ranged from 0.40 to 0.80. A diurnal variation in WSOC/OC that correlated with ozone was observed over extended periods in June; however, other periods in August had no correlation. The results suggested that WSOC was composed of a complex mixture of compounds that may contain a significant fraction from secondary organic aerosol formation. (en)
Broader concept
- Samplers (en)
Change note
- 2021-12-14 09:15:24.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (PILS/WSOC [e2faf041-a3c6-4013-9134-970183e4775f,835991] - Samplers [78c70202-ab05-40d6-90db-563be2a8dc90,827756]);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e2faf041-a3c6-4013-9134-970183e4775f
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