The IMPROVE_A temperature protocol for thermal/optical carbon analysis: Maintaining consistency with a long-term database

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1014-1023

  Chow, Judith C ^a,b   Watson, John G ^a   Chen, L W Antony ^a   Chang, M C Oliver ^a   Robinson, Norman F ^a   Trimble, Dana ^a   Kohl, Steven ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HELIUM; QUARTZ;

CARBON ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC VAPORS; TEMPERATURE PROTOCOLS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; HELIUM; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34748905341     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.9.1014     Document Type: Article

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