Particulate matter sampler errors due to the interaction of particle size and sampler performance characteristics: Ambient PM 10 samplers

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-240

  Buser, Michael D ^a   Parnell Jr , Calvin B ^b   Shaw, Bryan W ^b   Lacey, Ronald E ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Air pollution; Environmental impact; Legislation; Mathematical models; Particle size distribution; PM; PM 10; Pollution; Sampler performance; Sampler uncertainty; Samplers; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SAMPLER PERFORMANCE; SAMPLER UNCERTAINTY; SAMPLERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947733281     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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