Intercomparison of methods to measure the mass concentration of the atmospheric aerosol during INTERCOMP2000 - Influence of instrumentation and size cuts

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 6467-6476

  Hitzenberger, R ^a   Berner, A ^a   Galambos, Z ^a   Maenhaut, W ^b   Cafmeyer, J ^b   Schwarz, J ^b   Muller K ^c   Spindler, G ^c   Wieprecht, W ^d   Acker, K ^d   Hillamo, R ^e   Makela T ^e  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Leibniz Inst F T   (Germany)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Filter samples; Impactor samples; PM10; PM2.5; Sampling artefacts

Indexed keywords

CASCADE IMPACTORS; MASS CONCENTRATIONS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); QUARTZ; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AEROSOLS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIBER; FILTER; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; VELOCITY;

EID: 7444227034     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.08.025     Document Type: Article

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