Comparison of two particle-size spectrometers for ambient aerosol measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-149

  Tuch, Th ^a   Mirme, A ^c   Tamm, E ^b   Heinrich, J ^d   Heyder, J ^d   Brand, P ^d   Roth, Ch ^d   Wichmann, H E ^a   Pekkanen, J ^c   Kreyling, W G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol spectrometers; Ambient aerosol; Particle number distribution

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTER; ELECTRICAL AEROSOL SPECTROMETER; MASS CONCENTRATION; MOBILE AEROSOL SPECTROMETER; PARTICLE SIZE SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0033991388     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00248-4     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Anselm, A., 1985. Aufbau und Erprobung einer Messmethode zur Bestimmung der Groessenverteilung hygroskopischer Aerosolteilchen im Atemtrakt des Menschen. Ph.D. Thesis; Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
2. Brand, P., 1989. Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten zum Aufbau eines mobilen Messtandes zur Charakterisierung von Umweltaerosolen. Ph.D. Thesis, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
3. Brand P., Gebhart J., Below M., Georgi B., Heyder J. Characterisation of Environmental Aerosol on Helgoland Island. Atmospheric Environment. 25A:1991;581-585.
4. Brand P., Ruoβ K., Gebhart J. Technical note. Performance of a Mobile Aerosol Spectrometer for in situ characterisation of an environmental aerosol in Frankfurt city Atmospheric Environment. 26A:1992;2451-2457.
5. Brauer M., Dumyahn T.S., Spengler J.D., Gutschmidt K., Heinrich J., Wichmann H.E. Measurement of acid aerosol species in Eastern Europe. Implications for air pollution epidemiology Environmental Health. Perspectives. 103:1995;482-488.
6. Brunnekreef, B., Dockery, D.W., Krzyzanowski, M., 1995. Epidemiological studies on short-term effects of low levels of major ambient air pollution components. Environmental Health Perspectives 103 (suppl. 2), 3-13.
7. Cyrys J., Gutschmidt K., Brauer M., Dumyahn T., Heinrich J., Spengler J.D., Wichmann H.E. Determination of acid sulfate aerosols in urban atmospheres in Erfurt (GERMANY) and Sokolov (former CSSR). Atmospheric Environment. 29:1995;3545-3557.
8. Dockery D.W., Pope C.A. Accute respiratory effect of particulate air pollution. Annual Review of Public Health. 15:1995;107-132.
9. Eldering A., Cass G.R., Moon K.C. An air monitoring network using continuous particle size distribution monitors. connecting pollutant properties to visibility via Mie scattering calculations Atmospheric Environment. 16:1994;2733-2749.
10. Gebhart J. Brand, P., Roth, C., 1989. High resolution size analysis of submicron particles in liquid suspensions via aerosolization. Proceedings of the IV. European Symposium on Particle Characterization, Nürnberg, 19-21 April 1989, S. 487-499.
11. Hänel G., Thudium J. Mean bulk densities of samples of dry atmospheric particles. summary of measured data Pure and Applied Geophysics. 115:1977;799-803.
12. Hering S.V., McMurry P.H. Optical counter response to monodisperse atmospheric aerosols. Atmospheric Environment. 25A:1991;461-468.
13. Hinds W.C., Kraske G. Performance of PMS model LAS-X optical particle counter. Journal Aerosol Science. 17:1986;67-72.
14. Kim Y.J. Response of the active scattering aerosol spectrometer probe (ASASP.100X) to particles of different chemical composition. Aerosol Science Technology. 22:1995;33-42.
15. Kikas Ü.E., Mirme A., Peil I.A., Tamm E.I., Tammet H.F. Experimental calibration of an electrical aerosol spectrometer by the method of test aerosols. Acta et Comm. Univ. Tartuensis. 707:1985;54-71.
16. Kikas Ü.E., Mirme A., Tamm E. Statistical characteristics of aerosol in Baltic Sea region. Journal of Geophysical Research. 101:1996;19319-19327.
17. Knutson E.O. Extended electric mobility method for measuring aerosol particle size. Liu . Fine particles. 1976;739 Academic Press, New York.
18. Joshi, P.V., 1988. Density of atmospheric aerosol particles. Twelfth International Conference on Atmospheric Aerosols and Nucleation, Vienna, Austria, 22.-27.8.1988. Proceedings of the Conference, Springer, Berlin, p. 134.
19. Liu, B.Y.H., Marple, V.A., Whitby, K.T., Barsic, N.J., 1974. Size distribution measurements of airborne coal dust by OPC. American Industrial Hygiene Journal 443.
20. Mirme, A., Noppel, M., Peil, I., Salm, J., Tamm, E., Tammet, H., 1984. Multi-channel electric aerosol spectrometer. In Eleventh International Conference. On Atmospheric Aerosols, Condensation and Ice Nuclei. Budapest, Vol. 2, pp. 155-159.
21. Mirme, 1994. A electric aerosol spectrometry. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tartu. Tartu, Estonia.
22. Oberdörster G., Ferin J., Lehnert B.E. Correlation between particle size, in vivo particle persistence and lung injury. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102:1995;173-177.
23. Oberdörster, G., Gelein, R., Ferin, J., Weiss, B., 1995b. Association of particulate air pollution and acute mortality: involvement of ultrafine particles? Inhal. Toxicol. 7, 111-124.
24. Pekkanen J., Timonen K.L., Ruuskanen J., Reponen A., Mirme A. Effects of ultra-fine and fine particles in urban air on peak expiratory flow among children with asthmatic symptoms. Environmental Research. 74:1997;24-33.
25. Peters A., Goldstein I.F., Beyer U., Franke K., Heinrich J., Dockery D.W., Spengler I.D., Wichmann H.E. Accute health effects of exposure to high levels of air pollutants in Eastern Germany. American Journal of Epidemiology. 144:1996;570-581.
26. Peters, A., Wichmann, H.E., Tuch, Th., Heinrich, J., Heyder, J., 1997a. Respiratory effects are associated with the number of ultrafine particles. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 155, 1376-1383.
27. Peters A., Dockery D.W., Heinrich J., Wichmann H.E. Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory morbidity in asthmatic children. European Respiratory Journal. 10:1997;872-879.
28. Reineking, A., Porstendrfer, J., 1984. Measurement of particle losses in a DMA an its influence on the evaluation of size distributions. In: Liu, Piu and Fissan (Ed.), Aerosols, Elsevier Publ., New York, p. 75.
29. Reineking A., Porstendorfer J. Measurement of particle losses in a DMA (TSI, 3071) for different flow rates. Aerosol Science and Technology. 5:1986;483.
30. Reisert W., Roth C., Gebhart J., Fischer P., Schfer R. Intercavity laser light scattering. Experimental verification of theoretical response functions Journal of Aerosol Science. 22:1991;S355-S358.
31. Spix C., Heinrich J., Dockery D.W., Schwartz J., Vlksch G., Schwinkowski K., Collen C., Wichmann H.E. Air pollution and daily mortality in Erfurt. East Germany. Environmental Health Perspectives. 101:1993;518-526.
32. Szymanski W.W., Lui B.Y.H. On the sizing of laser optical particle counters. Particle Charact. 3:1986;1-7.
33. Tammet, H.F., 1975. Introduction to the Finite-Dimensional Linear Theory of Spectrometry. Valgus, Tallinn, 1975, p. 100.
34. Tammet H. On the techniques of aerosol electrical granulometry. Acta et Comm. Univ. Tartuensis. 947:1992;94-115.
35. Tuch Th., Brand P., Wichmann H.E., Heyder J. Variation of particle number and mass concentration in various size ranges of ambient aerosols in Eastern Germany. Atmospheric Environment. 31:1997;4193-4197.
36. Tuch, Th., Hietel, B., Kreyling, W.G., Schulz, F., Spix, C., Wichmann, H.E., 1998. Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in Erfurt (East Germany): Characterization of the Aerosol Size Distribution and Elemental Composition, Air Pollution: Science and Regulation, April 5-7, 1998 Boston, Health Effects Institute.
37. USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development. Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter. Washington DC: EPA/600//P-95/001cF, 1996.
38. Willeke, K., Baron, P.A., 1993. Aerosol Measurement, Principles, Techniques and Applications. Vanostrand Reinhold, New York.
39. Zhang Z., Liu B.Y.H. Performance of TSI 3760 condensation nuclei counter at reduced pressures and flow rates. Aerosol Science and Technolgoy. 15:1991;228-238.