Carbonaceous Aerosol Particle Measurements from Cal-Mex 2010 in Tijuana, Mexico

The data presented in this repository is obtained from Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) from Droplet Measurement Technologies.

Reading data in ICARTT Format (.ict files):

Dates and times in file names are in UTC. The date and time in the file name give the date/time at which the data within the file begin. For more information on reading and understanding the data in ICARTT format visit:
http://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/etc/IcarttDataFormat.htm

If you are using Igor Pro, you should be able to use this software to read the files:
http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/Analysis_Software#ICARTT

Alternatively, you can open the .ict files directly using the import data tool in excel.

Reading House Keeping Files (.hk files):
You will need a PSI SP2 toolkit developed in Igor Pro provided by Droplet Measurement Technology to view and plot the housekeeping data. Contact DMT to obtain the toolkit for free.