Uncertainty budget of the SMPS-APS system in the measurement of PM 1, PM2.5, and PM10

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1130-1141

  Buonanno, G ^a   Dell'Isola, M ^a   Stabile, L ^a   Viola, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b Pa L Mer Scan ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; AMBIENT PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; CONTINUOUS METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; GRAVIMETRIC REFERENCE METHODS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFLUENCE PARAMETER; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RURAL SITE; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SHORT TERM; SPHERICAL PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; BUDGET CONTROL; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; GRAVIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER;

EID: 77952669790     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820903204078     Document Type: Article

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