A comparative evaluation of passive and active samplers for measurements of gaseous semi-volatile organic compounds in the tropical atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 884-891

  He, Jun ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air side mass transfer coefficient; Passive sampling; PUF disk; SVOCs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MASS TRANSFER; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR-SIDE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HIGH-VOLUME AIR SAMPLINGS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PUF DISKS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SVOCS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ALUMINUM; CARBON 13; CHLORPHENOTANE; FLUORENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYURETHAN FOAM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PAH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 75249094552     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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