Field evaluation of portable and central site PM samplers emphasizing additive and differential mass concentration estimates

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 4522-4527

  Chen, Fu Lin ^a   Vanderpool, Robert ^a   Williams, Ronald ^a   Dimmick, Fred ^a   Grover, Brett D ^a   Long, Russell ^a   Murdoch, Robert ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive and differential approaches; PM10 2.5; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH; EQUIVALENT METHOD; FEDERAL REFERENCE METHODS; FIELD EVALUATION; MASS CONCENTRATION; MONITORING NETWORK; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; NORTH CAROLINA; PAIRED COMPARISON; PARTICLE MASS; PARTICLE STANDARDS; TEST RESULTS; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECISION; SAMPLER;

AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH CAROLINA; RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959898940     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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