Estimating measurement uncertainty in an ambient sulfate trend

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 6857-6867

  White, W H ^a   Ashbaugh, L L ^a   Hyslop, N P ^a   McDade, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CASTNet; Error; IMPROVE; Shenandoah; Sulfate; Trend; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ERRORS; PARKS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; ROUTINE MONITORING; SULFATE SERIES;

SULFATE MINERALS;

SULFATE;

AIR SAMPLING; ERROR ANALYSIS; SULFATE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844554595     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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