Merged peaks

Merged peaks occur when a new peak begins before the end of peak is found. The figure illustrates how the integrator deals with merged peaks.

 

Merged Peaks

The integrator processes merged peaks in the following way:

1. it sums the area of the first peak until the valley point.

2. at the valley point, area summation for the first peak ends and summation for the second peak begins.

3. when the integrator locates the end of the second peak, the area summation stops. This process can be visualized as separating the merged peaks by dropping a perpendicular from the valley point between the two peaks.