Intercomparison of measurement methods for black carbon aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2823-2833

  Hitzenberger, R ^a   Jennings, S G ^b   Larson, S M ^c   Dillner, A ^c   Cachier, H ^d   Galambos, Z ^a   Rouc, A ^a   Spain, T G ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Black carbon; Measurement methods

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CARBON BLACK; SAMPLING;

AETHALOMETER; MASS CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL METHOD;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALIBRATION; GRAVIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033180862     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00360-4     Document Type: Article

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