Integrated and real-time diffusion denuder sampler for PM2.5

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2835-2844

  Eatough, Delbert J ^a   Obeidi, Fida ^a   Pang, Yanbo ^a   Ding, Yiming ^a   Eatough, Norman L ^b   Wilson, William E ^c  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous material; Filter pack sampler; Fine particulate mass; Fine particulate organic material; Nitrate; Real time sampler; Sampling artifacts, Denuder sampler; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL; DENUDER SAMPLER; FILTER PACK SAMPLER; FINE PARTICULATE MASS; FINE PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATERIAL; REAL TIME SAMPLER; SULFATE;

DIFFUSION; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE;

METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAMPLER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033180920     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00326-4     Document Type: Article

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