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The First Combined Thermal Desorption Aerosol Gas Chromatograph—Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (TAG-AMS)

Brent J. Williams Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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John T. Jayne Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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Andrew T. Lambe Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
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Thorsten Hohaus Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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Joel R. Kimmel Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA; Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland
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Donna Sueper Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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William Brooks Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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Leah R. Williams Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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Achim M. Trimborn Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA; AeroMegt GmbH, Germany
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Raul E. Martinez Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Patrick L. Hayes Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Jose L. Jimenez Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Nathan M. Kreisberg Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley, California, USA
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Susanne V. Hering Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley, California, USA
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David R. Worton Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley, California, USA; Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Allen H. Goldstein Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Douglas R. Worsnop Aerodyne Research Inc., Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Physics, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland; Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Pages 358-370 | Received 28 Mar 2013, Accepted 30 Oct 2013, Published online: 24 Feb 2014

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