ANALYSIS OF AEROSOLS

Atmospheric aerosols have recently attracted considerable attention du e to their effects on climate, atmospheric chemistry, and health. This interest has triggered a variety of activities including the developm ent of new analytical methods for a better characterization of atmosph eric aerosol particles, some of which are presented here. Emphasis is laid on the description of methods for on-line and in situ analysis, s ince the analysis of many processes requires a good time resolution, a nd since in situ analysis methods are less prone to sampling artefacts .