Sources of sampling error for field measurement of nitric acid gas by a denuder system

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 941-947

  Bai, Hsunling ^a   Lu, Chungsying ^b   Chang, Kuan Foo ^b   Fang, Guor Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; Ammonium nitrate; Diffusion denuder; Nitrous acid; Sampling error

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GAS ABSORPTION; SAMPLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GAS CONCENTRATION;

NITRIC ACID;

NITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FIELDWORK; NITRIC ACID; SAMPLING BIAS; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0037332399     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00972-X     Document Type: Article

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