Spectral Database

Find here a selection of ACSM (UMR), AMS (HR) and Xact spectra. The database is ordered according to the source profile abbreviation and author name. Please note that these spectra must be used with proper citations of the papers referenced. Some spectra can also be found on the AMS spectral database maintained by Jimenez et al.

Why use this spectral database for your reference profiles?

SoFi Pro includes an option to directly import reference profiles from this spectral database. SoFi takes care of everything! So the reference profiles will automatically have the same dimension (and use the same fragmentation table) as your PMF input. For more details, please consult the manual.

Spectral Database

Name Site description Publication Data
BBOA Melpitz, rolling PMF, 2016/2017 Atabakhsh S., et al., ACP, 23, 6963–6988, 2023
BBOA_Atabakhsh_Melpitz
BBOA ATOLL (France), rolling PMF, 2016-2020 Chebaicheb, H., et al., Environ. Pollut., 330, 121805, 2023
BBOA_Chebaicheb_ATOLL
BBOA European average (COLOSSAL) over all sites with BBOA present Chen, G., et al., Environ. Int., 166, 107325, 2022
BBOA_Chen_COLOSSAL
BBOA Paris, winter 2010 Crippa M., et al., ACP, 13, 961-981, 2013
BBOA_Crippa_Paris
BBOA median over 25 datasets (EUCAARI) Crippa M., et al., ACP, 14, 6159-6176, 2014
BBOA_Crippa_EUCAARI
BBOA average over 2 datasets Ng N. L., et al., ES&T, 45, 910-916, 2011
BBOA_Ng_avg
CCOA Melpitz, rolling PMF, 2016/2017 Atabakhsh S., et al., ACP, 23, 6963–6988, 2023
HOA_Atabakhsh_Melpitz
CCOA Krakow, rolling PMF, 2018/2019 Tobler, A. K., et al., ACP, 21, 14893-14906, 2021
CCOA_Tobler_Krakow
COA European average (COLOSSAL) over all sites with COA present Chen, G., et al., Environ. Int., 166, 107325, 2022
COA_Chen_COLOSSAL
COA Paris, winter 2010 Crippa M., et al., ACP, 13, 961-981, 2013
COA_Crippa_Paris
CSOA Zurich, summer 2016 Stefenelli, G., et al., ACP, 19, 14825–14848, 2019
CSOA_Stefenelli_Zurich
HOA Melpitz, rolling PMF, 2016/2017 Atabakhsh S., et al., ACP, 23, 6963–6988, 2023
HOA_Atabakhsh_Melpitz
HOA ATOLL (France), rolling PMF, 2016-2020 Chebaicheb, H., et al., Environ. Pollut., 330, 121805, 2023
HOA_Chebaicheb_ATOLL
HOA European average (COLOSSAL) over all sites with HOA present Chen, G., et al., Environ. Int., 166, 107325, 2022
HOA_Chen_COLOSSAL
HOA Paris, winter 2010 Crippa M., et al., ACP, 13, 961-981, 2013
HOA_Crippa_Paris
HOA median over 25 datasets (EUCAARI) Crippa M., et al., ACP, 14, 6159-6176, 2014
HOA_Crippa_EUCAARI
HOA average over 15 datasets Ng N. L., et al., ES&T, 45, 910-916, 2011
HOA_Ng_avg
ShIndOA Marseille, rolling PMF, 2017/2018 Chazeau, B., et al., Atmos. Environ. X, 14, 100176, 2022
ShIndOA_Chazeau_Marseille

Under construction

Note that Xact reference profiles might not work well for constraints but they are great to compare your results to.

Name Site description Publication Data
biomass burning Beijing, winter, 2017 Rai, P., et al., Environ. Pollut., 278, 116865, 2021
BiomassBurning_Rai_Beijing
coal combustion Beijing, winter, 2017 Rai, P., et al., Environ. Pollut., 278, 11686
CoalCombustion_Rai_Beijing
dust Beijing, winter, 2017 Rai, P., et al., Environ. Pollut., 278, 11686
Dust_Rai_Beijing
industry Beijing, winter, 2017 Rai, P., et al., Environ. Pollut., 278, 11686
Industry_Rai_Beijing
non-exhaust traffic Beijing, winter, 2017 Rai, P., et al., Environ. Pollut., 278, 11686
NonExhaustTraffic_Rai_Beijing
secondary sulfate Beijing, winter, 2017 Rai, P., et al., Environ. Pollut., 278, 11686
SecondarySulfate_Rai_Beijing

Do you have some profiles that you think should be included in this database? Please contact us! We require that the reference spectra has been published and is from ambient data.