Field evaluation of a tailor-made new passive sampler for the determination of NO2 levels in ambient air

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 243-253

  Ozden, Ozlem ^a   Dogeroglu, Tuncay ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Field evaluation; Monitoring; Nitrogen dioxide; Passive sampler

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES;

FIELD EVALUATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PASSIVE SAMPLER;

AIR POLLUTION;

GLASS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIELD STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; STUDENT T TEST; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHANOLAMINES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TURKEY;

EID: 44949119509     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9921-x     Document Type: Article

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