Biases in Clean Air Status and Trends Network filter pack results associated with sampling protocol

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 29, 2002, Pages 4687-4698

  Sickles II, Joseph E ^a   Shadwick, Douglas S ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; CASTNet; Comparison; Filter pack; Measurement bias; Nitrate; Nitric acid; Sampling artifacts; Sulfate; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR FILTERS; ALGORITHMS; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; NYLON POLYMERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SAMPLING; SULFUR;

NETWORK FILTERS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NYLON; POLITEF; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTER; HUMIDITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER;

CANADA; EGBERT; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036793121     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00405-3     Document Type: Article

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