Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS)

  • Measurement report: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variability in aerosols in the mountainous terrain of the upper Colorado River basin using SAIL-Net – Leah D. Gibson, et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-2745-2025
  • Two new multirotor uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for glaciogenic cloud seeding and aerosol measurements within the CLOUDLAB project –  Miller, A. J., et al., Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 601–625, (2024) https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-601-2024
  • Seeding of supercooled low stratus clouds with a UAV to study microphysical ice processes – An introduction to the CLOUDLAB project – Jan Henneberger, et al., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0178.1
  • Baseline Balloon Stratospheric Aerosol Profiles (B2SAP)—Systematic Measurements of Aerosol Number Density and Size – Michael A. Todt, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jd038041
  • A novel network-based approach to determining measurement representation error for model evaluation of aerosol microphysical properties – Asher, E., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035485
  • Characterization of a modified printed optical particle spectrometer for high-frequency and high-precision laboratory and field measurements – Sabin Kasparoglu, et al., Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5007-2022
  • SAIL-NET: Investigating spatial variability of aerosol and cloud nuclei in mountainous terrain – Anna L. Hodshire, et al., AAC (2022)
  • SAIL-Net: Aerosol and Cloud Nuclei in Mountainous Terrain – Leah Gibson, et al., GMAC Poster (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14606082
  • Sea spray aerosol concentration modulated by sea surface temperature – Shang Liu, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020583118
  • Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using tethered balloon-borne measurements – Jessie M. Creamean, et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1737-2021
  • Characterizing the performance of a POPS miniaturized optical particle counter when operated on a quadcopter drone – Zixia Liu, et al., Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6101-2021
  • Religious burning as a potential major source of atmospheric fine aerosols in summertime Lhasa on the Tibetan Plateau – Yu Yan Cui, et al., Atmospheric Environment (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118625
  • Performance Assessment of Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS) – Fan Mei, et al., Sensors (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20216294
  • The US is building an early warning system to detect geoengineering – Christopher Flavelle, The New York Times (2020)
  • Transport of Asian surface pollutants to the global stratosphere from the Tibetan Plateau region during the Asian summer monsoon – Jianchun Bian, et al., National Science Review (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa005
  • Airborne Particulate Monitor: A Real-time Reference Quality Aerosol Instrument Payload for ISS Air Pollution Quantification – Marit E. Meyer, et al., ICES (2020)
  • Overview of HOMEChem: House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry – D. K. Farmer, et al., Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EM00228F
  • A Network of Autonomous Particle Spectrometers to Measure Spatiotemporal Variability in Particle Size Distributions in Intraurban Environments – Shiva Chenna, et al., AMS Poster (2019)
  • POPSnet – a spatially dense aerosol instrument network – Elizabeth (Lizzy) Asher, et al., AGU Poster (2019)
  • Efficient transport of tropospheric aerosol into the stratosphere via the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone – Pengfei Yu, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701558114
  • Aerosol variations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau – Jinqiang Zhang, et al., Science China Earth Sciences (2017) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-017-9122-y
  • A practical set of miniaturized instruments for vertical profiling of aerosol physical properties – Hagen Telg, et al., Aerosol Science and Technology (2017) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2017.1296103
  • Characterization of Miniaturized Aerosol Spectrometer for Unmanned Aerial System Application – Fan Mei, et al., AAAR Powerpoint Talk (2017)
  • In situ measurements and backward-trajectory analysis of high-concentration, fine-mode aerosols in the UTLS over the Tibetan Plateau – Jinqiang Zhang, et al., Environmental Research Letters (2016) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114006
  • A light-weight, high-sensitivity particle spectrometer for PM2.5 aerosol measurements – R. S. Gao, et al., Aerosol Science and Technology (2016) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2015.1131809
  • Characterization of the Handix Scientific POPS Prototype – Markus Petters, NC State University, Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Science (April 7, 2016)
  • A Novel Approach to Atmospheric Measurements Using Gliding UASs – Ru-Shan Gao, et al., in Dynamic Data-Driven Environmental Systems Science (2015) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25138-7_2
  • The need for a global in situ aerosol measurement network – Ken S. Carslaw, David W. Fahey, et al. (2014)

 Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber (CFDC)

  • Observations of ice nucleating particles in the free troposphere from western US wildfires – K. R. Barry, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033752
  • A study on the characteristics of ice nucleating particles concentration and their relationship in spring in Beijing – Yunfei Che, et al., Atmospheric Research (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105196
  • Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles in Beijing, China – K. Bi, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030609
  • Direct Online Mass Spectrometry Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles at a California Coastal Site – G. C. Cornwell, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030466
  • Continuous measurements of ice nucleating particles in Beijing, China – K. Bi, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029986
  • Characteristics of atmospheric ice nucleating particles associated with biomass burning in the US: Prescribed burns and wildfires – Christina S. McCluskey, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2014) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022646
  • A new method to determine the number concentrations of refractory black carbon ice nucleating particles – Ezra J. T. Levin, et al., Aerosol Science and Technology (2014) DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02786826.2014.977843
  • Dust and biological aerosols from the Sahara and Asia influence precipitation in the western US – J. M. Creamean, et al., Science (2013) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1227279
  • Biological aerosol particles as a key determinant of ice nuclei populations in a forest ecosystem – Yutaka Tobo, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2013) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50812
  • Predicting global atmospheric ice nuclei distributions and their impacts on climate – Paul J. DeMott, et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2010) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1003072107
  • Ice nuclei emissions from biomass burning – Markus D. Petters, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research (2009) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011532
  • In situ detection of biological particles in cloud ice crystals – K. A. Pratt, et al., Nature Geoscience (2009) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo520
  • Ice nuclei characteristics from M-PACE and their relation to ice formation in clouds – Anthony J. Prenni, et al., Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2007) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.106
  • African dust aerosols as atmospheric ice nuclei – Paul J. DeMott, et al., Geophysical Research Letters (2003) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL017030
  • A Continuous-Flow Diffusion Chamber for Airborne Measurements of Ice Nuclei – David C. Rogers, et al., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (2001)
  • Single-particle analyses of ice nucleating aerosols in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere – Yalei Chen, et al., Geophysical Research Letters (1998) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/98GL01402
  • Development of a Continuous Flow Thermal Gradient Diffusion Chamber for Ice Nucleation Studies – David C. Rogers, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (1988)

Research and Development

  • HOVERCAT: a novel aerial system for evaluation of aerosol–cloud interactions – Jessie M. Creamean, et al., Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2018) DOI: 10.5194/amt-11-3969-2018