Research Measure: Policy
Funding Type: SFI Research Frontiers Programme
Funding Year: 2008
Project Duration: 36 Months
Project Type: Project-Based
Total Grant-Aid: €162,110
Lead Partner: NUI, Galway
Project Summary:
In this project high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HR-ToF-MS) is applied to obtain representative seasonal measurements of speciated organic compounds in aerosol collected in coastal air at the Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station in Connemara. Full mass spectral data of organic (and inorganic) compounds in particles separated by size (50 nm - 3400 nm diameter; up to 0.5 Hz resolution) will be used to obtain chemical fingerprints for quantifying contributions from natural and anthropogenic sources on local to hemispheric scales. The results will contribute to improve climate and air quality model simulations required for environmental policy strategies.