An intercomparison of measurement methods for carbonaceous aerosol in the ambient air in New York City

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 788-795

  Venkatachari, Prasanna ^a   Zhou, Liming ^a   Hopke, Philip ^a   Schwab, James ^b   Demerjian, Kenneth ^b   Weimer, Silke ^b   Hogrefe, Olga ^b   Felton, Dirk ^c   Rattigan, Oliver ^c  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Division of Air Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER (AMS); CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; LABORATORY FIELD; ORGANIC CARBON (OC);

AIR POLLUTION;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AETHALOMETER; AMBIENT AIR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745816046     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820500380289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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