AMS Users' Meetings - Summaries and Presentations

1. First AMS Users' Meeting - AAAR Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 2001
   
   
   • Summary of the meeting (Thanks to Roya Bahreini, Caltech)
   
   

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2. Second AMS Users' Meeting, Aerodyne Research, Billerica, Massachusetts, November 2001 (18 attendees).
   
   
   • Summary of the meeting (Thanks to Frank Drewnick, SUNY Albany)
   • Feedback from users that attended the meeting
   
   

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3. Third AMS Users' Meeting - 13-15 October 2002 @ Aerodyne
   
   
   • Planning and Organizational Information
     
     
     • Pre-Meeting Planning information on the 3rd (2002) AMS Users' Meeting
     • Program of the Meeting
     • Feedback from the participants on the 3rd (2002) AMS Users' Meeting
     • Ann Middlebrook: Notes from the entire Meeting
     
     
   • Pictures from meeting
     
     
   • Technical Presentations about using the AMS
     
     
     • Manjula Canagaratna: Welcome and Organization of the Meeting
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Users' Meeting Welcome Remarks
     • John Jayne: AMS Hardware: Recent and In-Progress Improvements, and Summary of Hardware Failures
     • Presentation from Guenther Peter (Inficon / Balzers) (I have it on paper, I need to scan it in)
     • Manjula Canagaratna: Data Acquisition Software Update
     • Manjula Canagaratna: Discussion on the AMS Manual
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Figures of Merit for the AMS
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Physical and Mathematical Basis for the Particle Mass Calibration of the AMS
     • Frank Drewnick: Correction Factors and Fragmentation Patters for Calculation of Quantitative Mass Concentrations from AMS Data
     • Phil Silva: AMS vs. NIST Database Fragmentation Patterns for Pure Organic Molecules
     • Rami Alfarra" AMS vs. NIST comparisons
     • Frank Drewnick: Intercomparison of 4 Sulfate Instruments During the 2001 New York City Supersite Summer Intensive
     • Frank Drewnick: Intercomparison of 3 Nitrate Instruments During the 2001 New York City Supersite Summer Intensive
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Airplane Integration Issues Discussion
     • Ann Middlebrook: DMA-less Particle Mass Calibration of the AMS
     • Jose (Facilitator): Discussion of Status and Remaining Issues for Absolute Quantification of Aerosol Mass Concentrations with the AMS
     • Jonathan Allen: Aerosol Sampling Lessons from PROPHET 2002
     • Manjula Canagaratna: Compilation and Delta Analysis of the AMS Mass Spectra
     
     
     
   • Scientific Results from Studies of the Different Users
   
   
   
   • John Jayne: AMS Sampling on the G-1 during the New England 2002 Air Quality Study
   • Frank Drewnick: Whiteface Mountain Summer Intensive 2002: Very Preliminary Results
   • Qi Zhang: Measurements with the AMS at the Pittsburgh Supersite During Sept. 2002
   • Activities of the UMIST Group
   • Johannes Schneider: Analysis of Diesel Exhaust Particles
   • Melissa Trainer: Laboratory Studies of Early Earth
   • Ann Middlebrook: AMS on the NOAA Ron Brown during NEAQS 2002
   • Jonathan Allen: Deposition of Particulate Species Measured by Eddy-Correlation Mass Spectrometry
   • Nobu Takegawa: AMS Sampling in Tokyo
   • Roya Bahreini: Aircraft Sampling during ACE-Asia and CRYSTAL-FACE
   • Alice Delia: Sampling in PROPHET 2001
   • Alice Delia: PROPHET Presentation at AAAR
   • Kathy Hayden: Environment Canada Projects
   • Hugh Coe: Sampling at the Jungfrajoch
   • Johannes Schneider: HAZE Campaign / Aircraft Integration in the DLR FALCON
   
   

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4. Boulder Mini Users Meeting (March 2003)
   
   
   • Program of the Boulder Mini Users Meeting
     
     
   • Technical Presentations at the Boulder Mini Users Meeting (March 2003)
     
     
     • Ann Middlebrook: Notes of the Boulder Mini AMS Users' Meeting
     • Doug Worsnop: Overview of Current Issues and Developments
     • Manjula Canagaratna: Update of the Data Acquisition Software (to Version 4.3)
     • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of Results of the NEAQS 2002
     • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of the MS Background Tests for Aircraft Deployment
     • Tim Onasch: Summary of Fragmentation and Oven Temperature Tests
     • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of Tests of the Fragmentation Patterns for the AMS
     • Roya Bahreini & Jose Jimenez: Relationships Between the Variations in Pressure, Flow Rate, and Air Beam Intensity Measurements as a Function of Sampling Pressure
     • Ann Middlebrook: Summary of IE/AB and Inlet Flow Rate Measurements on the NOAA AMS
   
   

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5. 2nd Boulder Mini-AMS Users' Meeting - CU, September 2003
   
   
   • Summary of the 2nd Boulder Mini Users Meeting (September 2003) by Tim Onasch.
   
   

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6. Fourth AMS Users' Meeting - 24-27 October 2003 @ Caltech
   
   
   • This meeting took place right after the AAAR meeting in Anaheim, California, Oct. 20-24, 2003.
   • Feedback on the Meeting from the Users (compiled by Jose based on email responses)
   • List of Users and Attendees for this Meeting
   • Schedule for the meeting
   • Pre-Meeting Planning Information for the 4th (2003) AMS Users' Meeting
     
     
   • Technical Presentations from the Meeting
     
     
     • Doug Worsnop: AMS Users Introduction
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Logistics and Update on Attendance & AMS Performance
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Introduction to the Main Issues and Objectives of the Meeting
     • John Jayne: AMS Hardware Update
     • John Jayne: Electronic Noise Reduction
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Update on Data Acquisition Software Improvements Since Last Year
     • James Allan: AMS Igor Data Analysis Software Update
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Calibration Procedures: Recommended Practices & Recent Results
     • Doug Worsnop: AMS Collection Efficiency
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Overview of the Remaining Quantification Issues for the AMS
     • Doug Worsnop: Organics MS
     • Rami Alfarra: Organic RIE and Organic CE
     • Ann Middlebrook: Ammonium Sulfate IE
     • Ann Middlebrook: Fragmentation patterns for Ammonium Nitrate and Sulfate
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Measuring CE: Beam Width Probe Modeling
     • Dara Salcedo: Beam Width Probe Results from MCMA-2003
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Brief Discussion of AMS Terminology & Description of Chemical Results
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Brainstorming on: (1) Experiments to Nail our Absolute Quantification; and (2) Best Operating Procedures
     • Ann Middlebrook: AMS Aircraft Issues
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Airplane Integration Meeting – University of Colorado Plans
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Feedback on this Meeting and Format for Future Years
     
     
     
   • Presentations and Posters from AAAR Anaheim 2003
   
   
   
   • Nobu Takegawa: Seasonal variation of non-refractory submicronaerosols in Tokyo measured using the Aerodyne AMS
   • Alice Delia: Comparison of Aerosol Measurements at Two Forested Sites:PROPHET 2001 and CELTIC 2003
   • Akinori Takami: Aerosol measurements by AMS atFukue, Japan in spring
   
   

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7. 5th AMS Users' Meeting - took place at Georgia Tech, Sat. Oct. 9 (9 AM) to Mon. Oct. 11 (6 PM), 2004.
   
   
   • This meeting took take place right after the AAAR Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 4-8, 2004.
   • There were a total of 33 presentations (12 talks and 21 posters) at AAAR using AMS data (not including late-breaking posters). These represented 5.7% of the 577 presentations at AAAR 2004. The AMS-related presentations are highlighted in green (talks) and blue (posters) in the following program: PDF Program and Word Program.
   • Feedback on the Meeting from the Users (compiled by Jose based on email responses)
   • Meeting Schedule and Map
   • Pictures from the Meeting
     
     
   • Technical Presentations from the User's Meeting
     (please email allison.aiken@colorado.edu all posters and presentations for real-time postings)
     
     
     INTRODUCTION (Friday, 10/8/04):
     
     
     • Doug Worsnop: Welcome to the User's Meeting
     • Tim Onasch: Discussion of the Program Logistics
     • Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS- Hardware and Software, Introduction to Meeting Specific Issues
     
     DATA ANALYSIS TUTORIAL (Saturday, 10/9/04):
     
     
     • Doug Worsnop: Data Analysis Tutorial - Notes and Figures (A. Delia), Notes and Figures (E. Cross), Notes (L. Williams), Notes (A. Aiken).
     
     QUANTIFICATION AND CALIBRATION ISSUES:
     
     
     (Sunday, 10/10/04)
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of our Understanding and Assumptions on AMS Mass Concentration Quantification
     • Tim Onasch: Measuring CE- Experimental Results (Ambient & Lab)
     • Alex Huffman: Measuring CE - BWP Modeling
     • Peter Liu: Particle Transmission Experiments
     • Leah Williams: Particle Transmission Issues
     • Leah Williams: Particle Lens Calculations
     • Peter DeCarlo: SMPS Comparisons
     • Hacene Boudries: AMS Intercomparisons with Other Instruments (MOUDI, etc.)
     • Brendan Matthew: Laboratory CE Experiments
     • Nobuyuki Takegawa: AMS - PILS Comparisons
     • Akinori Takami: AMS - APM Comparisons
     • Tim Onasch:AMS Sampling Flowrate
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of Status on AMS Mass Concentration Quantification and Plans for Future Experiments - Part 1: Summary of Quantification Status
       
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     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Summary of Status on AMS Mass Concentration Quantification and Plans for Future Experiments - Part 2: Where to go from Here
     • John Jayne: Calibration Procedures: Issues, Practices, and Results of Calibrations during Field Studies; New Developments; Recommended Practices and Demonstrations; Measuring CE - Beam Width Probe Design
     
     UPDATES ON HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS:
     
     
     (Sunday evening, 10/10/04)
     • Shao-Meng Lu: Development of the AMS IDEAS - no slides available
     • Hacene Boudries: Aerosol Collector Development - presentation not available
     • Ann Middlebrook: A Pressure-Controlled Inlet (PCI) for Airborne AMS Sampling
     • Eben Cross: Light Scattering Module Development
       
       (Monday, 10/11/04)
     • James Allan: Update on Data Analysis Software (Igor) since Last Year & Future Plans - Notes (A. Delia) *requesting other notes for this presentation from any User
     • Frank Drewnick: ToF Development
     • John Jayne: Update on Hardware since Last Year & Future Plans
     • Manjula Canagaratna: Update on AMS Data Acquisition (DAQ) Software since Last Year & Future Plans
     
     
     
   • Posters from the 5th User's Meeting (Sunday, 10/10/04):
   
   
   
   LAB STUDIES AND CHARACTERIZATIONS:
   
   
   • Eben Cross: Characterization of Laboratory and Ambient Particles Using the Combination of Aerosol Mass Spectrometry and Light Scattering Techniques
   • Alex Huffman: Design, Experimental Tests, Modeling, and Optimization of a Particle Beam Width Probe (BWP) for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
   • Yasmine Katrib: Chemical and Physical Changes of Organic Particles Upon Reaction with Ozone
   • Leah Williams: Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Measurements of Particle Size Distributions and Chemical Composition from Pressurized Metered Does Inhalers
   
   FIELD STUDIES:
   
   
   • Michael Alexander: Chemical and Physical Properties of a Sub-Micron Particle Emission from a Diesel Engine
   • Edward Dunlea: Measurements of Free Tropospheric Aerosol and Ice Nuclei at Storm Peak Laboratory with an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS)
   • Johannes Schneider: Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Ice and Supercooled Cloud Residuals during CLACE-3
   • Jay Slowick: Effect of Fuel to Oxygen Ratio on Physical and Chemical Properties of Soot Particles
   • Silke Weimer: Measurement of Ambient Aerosol Composition Using an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer in New York City: Winter 2004 Intensive Study
   
   
   
   

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8. Boulder June 2005 ToF-AMS Mini Users' Meeting
   
   
   • Notes from the meeting (unpolished)
   
   

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9. 6th AMS Users' Meeting
   
   
   • The 6th AMS Users' Meeting took place in the Fall of 2005 in Juelich (Germany) from noon on Thu. Aug. 25 till noon on Sun. Aug. 28. This was right before the 2005 European Aerosol Conference that took place in Ghent, Belgium from Mon. Aug. 29 till Fri. Sep. 2nd.
     
     
   • General Information and Feedback on the 6th Users Meeting

     • Final Schedule of the Meeting
     • List of Attendees
     • Form for Users Mtg Fee
     • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

     THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 2005
     
     

     • Tim Onasch: Introduction and Logistics of the Meeting
     • Doug Worsnop: General Introduction
     • John Jayne: Hardware Forecast, Manual Update and Perspectives
     • Frank Drewnick: Introduction to the Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ToF-AMS)
     • James Allan: Data Analysis Software Status and Outlook
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: some closing thoughts & web update
       • List of AMS Papers. Please send me new updates, preferably with the PDF posted at your site.
       • ToF-AMS Web Page
       • AMS Mass Spectrum Web Database. We'll start posting spectra very soon, please send spectra and context info to Jose or ingrid.ulbrich@colorado.edu)

     FRIDAY, AUG. 26, 2005
     
     

     • Qi Zhang's tutorial on organic data analysis
       • Qi Zhang: data and software for organic analysis tutorial
       • Qi Zhang, M. Rami Alfarra, Douglas R. Worsnop, James D. Allan, Hugh Coe, Manjula R. Canagaratna, and Jose L. Jimenez. Deconvolution and quantification of hydrocarbon-like and oxygenated organic aerosols based on aerosol mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology, 39: 4938-4952, 2005, doi:10.1021/es048568l. PDF & Supporting Info
       • Qi Zhang, Douglas R. Worsnop, Manjula R. Canagaratna, and Jose-Luis Jimenez. Hydrocarbon-like and Oxygenated Organic Aerosols in Pittsburgh: Insights into Sources and Processes of Organic Aerosols. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 5, 8421-8471, 2005. Paper.
     • Andreas Kurten: The Aerosol Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (AIMS)
     • Nobu Takegawa: WSOC vs OOA in Tokyo
     • Nobu Takegawa: Excess-OA vs OOA in Tokyo
     • Katja Dzepina: PAH Detection in Mexico City with the AMS
     • John Jayne: Update on Beam Width Probe and Measurements
     • Tim Onasch: Update on AMS Collection Efficiency due to Bounce

     SATURDAY, AUG. 27, 2005
     
     

     • John Jayne and Peter Liu: Update on Lens Transmission Studies
     • Achim Trimborn: Soft Ionization Approaches in the AMS
     • Eiko Nemitz: AMS for Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Thermodenuder-AMS for Ambient Measurements
     • Tim Onasch: Update on Q-AMS Data Acquisition Software
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Q-AMS Jump Mass Spec (JMS) Concept and Software
     • Jonny Crossier: JMS Mode Application and Issues
     • Eben Cross: Update on Light Scattering Module within the Aerodyne AMS
     • Peter DeCarlo: ToF-AMS Data Acquisition Software
     • Silke Hings: ToF-AMS Data Analysis Software
     • John Jayne: ToF-AMS Hardware
     • Frank Drewnick: First ToF-AMS Results
     • Shane Murphy: First Aircraft ToF-AMS Deployment, comparison to Q-AMS
     • Peter DeCarlo: High-Resolution ToF-AMS: Concept and First Results

     SUNDAY, AUG. 28, 2005
     
     

     • Doug Worsnop: Tutorial on Q-AMS Diagnostics
       • Data for Tutorial (54 MB, ~20 min. download w/ FZ Juelich wireless)
       • Igor Template for Tutorial (not the latest version, but has some features needed for this tutorial)
     • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Feedback and Plans for Next Year
   
   

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10. Boulder October 2005 ToF-AMS Mini Users' Meeting
    
    
    • Notes (by Jose)
    
    

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11. 7th AMS Users' Meeting
    
    
    • The 7th AMS Users' Meeting will take place at the University of Minnesota on Sep. 16-18, 2006 (70 attendees expected). This meeting will take place right after the 2006 International Aerosol Conference (AAAR/IAC) in St. Paul, MN, Sep 10-15, 2006.
      
      
    • General Information on the 7th AMS Users' Meeting

      • Letter to AMS Users about 7th Users Meeting
      • Final Schedule of the Meeting
      • Form for Users Mtg Fee
      • Hotel info for AMS Users Meeting
      • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

      Presentations will be posted below in PDF format as soon as we can get them

      SATURDAY, SEP. 16, 2006: SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE UPDATES (Q-AMS,ToF-AMS) AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
      
      

      • Meeting Logistics – Focus and Schedule of Meeting: Manjula Canagaratna Tim Onasch
      • Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Issues presented in meeting
      • James Allan: Overview of AMS analysis software
      • Leah Williams: Update on vaporizers
      • Leah Williams: Update on lens development
      • John Jayne: Update on hardware (e.g. pump controllers, pressurecontrolled inlet, etc.)
      • Jonny Crosier: Q-AMS software analysis Update (including Jump mode)
        • For more on jump mode, see Jonny's JMS mode talk from the 6th Users Meeting
      • Manjula Canagaratna: Q-AMS DAQ Software Update
      • Ingrid Ulbrich: Mass Spectral Database
        • Database
        • Spectra Submission Guidelines
      • Eben Cross: Light Scattering module update
      • Akinori Takami: Q-AMS long term usage and intercomparisons
      • Qi Zhang: Organic Analysis
      • Christoph Hueglin: Zurich PMF
      • Ingrid Ulbrich: Pittsburgh PMF

      SUNDAY, SEP. 17, 2006: ToF-AMS ISSUES- CALIBRATION AND DATA ANALYSIS
      
      

      • Doug Worsnop: Introduction to ToF-AMS
      • Doug Worsnop: ToF-AMS issues and development
      • Pete DeCarlo: Intercomparison of C,V,W ToFs + Q-AMS
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Sensitivity vs Information Content for AMS Configurations and Modes
      • Frank Drewnick: Detection limitis in ToF
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: ToF software issues and development
      • Joel Kimmel: DAQ software operating (simulation)
      • Joel Kimmel: Quantification/Dynamic Range of ToF (i.e. Thresholding, SI determination, Channel 2)
        • Joel Kimmel's poster at ASMS-2006: Quantitative Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry of Aerosols Using a Digitally Thresholded Analog-to-Digital Converter
      • Ed Dunlea: IE calibrations
        • IE calibration ipf
        • Tutorial Sample Data
      • Peter DeCarlo: high resolution (HR-ToF-AMS) analysis software
      • Shane Murphy: Surface ionization issues
      • Katja Dzepina: Update on PAHs in Mexico City 2003
      • Frank Drewnick: Expansion of PAH calculations

      MONDAY, SEP. 18, 2006: ANALYSIS OF ToF-AMS MASS SPECTRA/ OTHER ISSUES
      
      

      • Donna Sueper: Squirrel Overview/Update
      • Silke Hings: Review of TADA software (slides from 6th Users Meeting)
      • Doug Worsnop & Donna Sueper: Squirrel Tutorial
        • Downloads for tutorial (files are password protected)
      • Doug Worsnop: Poisson ion counting
      • Meeting photos (zip file, 22MB)
    
    

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12. 8th AMS Users' Meeting
    
    
    • The 8th AMS Users' Meeting will take place at the Desert Research Institute in Reno on Sep. 29-Oct. 1, 2007 (~70 attendees expected). This meeting will take place right after the 2007 Annual Conference of the AAAR in Reno, NV, Sep 24-28, 2007.
      
      
    • General Information on the 8th AMS Users' Meeting

      • Final Schedule of the Meeting
      • Registration Form
      • Hotel info for AMS Users Meeting
      • Feedback on the Meeting from the users

      Presentations will be posted below in PDF format as soon as we can get them

      SATURDAY, SEP. 29, 2007: AMS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE UPDATES (Q-AMS,ToF-AMS) AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
      
      

      • Cameron Martin, Manjula Canagaratna, Tim Onasch: Meeting Logistics – Focus and Schedule of Meeting
      • Doug Worsnop: Overview of AMS Issues presented in meeting
      • John Jayne: New Hardware
      • Dagmar Trimborn: Lens Development
      • Tim Onash: Collection Efficiency
      • Eben Cross: Light Scattering Update
      • Alex Huffmann: Thermal Denuder
      • Jesse Kroll: Thermal Desorber
      • Achim Trimborn: Soft Ionization Update
      • Jesse Kroll: Frag Table
      • Manjula Canagaratna: Q-AMS Acquisition Software Update
      • James Allan: Q-AMS Analysis Software Update
      • Manjula Canagaratna, Qi Zhang, Jose-Luis Jimenez: Organics Analysis Overview
      • Andre Prevot: PMF and ME-2 in Zurich
      • Ingrid Ulbrich: PMF Cautions
      • Brent Williams: TAG and AMS Organics Source Apportionment
      • Martin Graus: PTR-MS Aerosol Application

        SUNDAY, SEP. 30, 2007: ToF-AMS ISSUES - DATA ACQUISITION, CALIBRATION, DATA ANALYSIS
        
        

      • Achim Trimborn; Soot Particle Mass Spectrometer
      • Lynn Russell: FTIR and AMS Joint Analysis
      • Jose-Luis Jimenez: AMS Spectral Database and Field Analysis Wiki
        • AMS Spectral Database
        • Field Data Analysis Wiki
      • John Jayne: ToF-AMS Instrumental Issues
      • Joel Kimmel: ToF-AMS Data Acquision (DAQ) Software
      • John Shilling: HR-ToF-AMS m/z calibration
      • Mikael Ehn: Effect of threshold on calculated mass conc
      • John Jayne: Ionization Efficiency Introduction
      • Roya Bahreini: Ionization Efficiency Tutorial
      • Frank Drewnick: Pulser Frequency Dependence for IE Calibration
      • Donna Sueper: Squirrel Tutorial

        MONDAY, OCT. 1, 2007: ANALYSIS OF TOF-AMS SPECTRA
        
        

      • Pete DeCarlo: PIKA for HR-ToF Analysis
      • Allison Aiken: Elemental Analysis in HR-ToF spectra
      • Donna Sueper: PIKA Tutorial