Validation of a semi-continuous instrument for elemental carbon and organic carbon using a thermal-optical method

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2885-2893

  Bae, Min Suk ^a   Schauer, James J ^a   DeMinter, Jeffrey T ^b   Turner, Jay R ^c   Smith, David ^d   Cary, Robert A ^d  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d Sunset Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosol; Elemental carbon; NIOSH 5040; Organic carbon; Particulate matter; Thermal optical analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ELEMENTAL AND ORGANIC CARBON (ECOC); INTEGRATED FILTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CARBON;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 2542479694     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.027     Document Type: Article

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