Table 1 List of measurements performed with the various instruments discussed in this paper. All of the measurements were continuously operated in the Swiss container, obtaining real-time data.

From: Measurements of aerosol microphysical and chemical properties in the central Arctic atmosphere during MOSAiC

Measurement

Instrument

Size range

Native time resolution

Bulk size-resolved chemical composition and mass concentration of non-refractory submicron aerosols

High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS, Aerodyne Research, Inc.)

<1 µm (vacuum aerodynamic diameter, dva)

~90 s

Bulk equivalent black carbon mass concentration

Aethalometer (model AE33, Magee Scientific)

Behind switching valve, hence depending on inlet

1 s

Coarse mode aerosol size distributions

Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS model 3321, TSI)

500 nm - 20 µm (aerodynamic diameter, da)

20 s

Size-resolved number concentrations and fluorescence of aerosols

Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor (WIBS NEO, DMT)

500 nm - 20 µm (optical diameter, dopt)

125 Hz single-particle counter

CCN number concentrations at various supersaturation levels

Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter (CCNC model CCN-100, DMT)

Behind switching valve, hence depending on inlet

1 s

Aerosol number concentrations

Condensation Particle Counter (CPC, model 3025 and 3776, TSI)

CPC 3025 (interstitial inlet): 3 nm -<1 µm CPC 3776 (total inlet): 2.5 nm - 10 µm (dopt)

10 s