Validating a nondestructive optical method for apportioning colored particulate matter into black carbon and additional components

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7478-7486

  Yan, Beizhan ^a   Kennedy, Daniel ^a   Miller, Rachel L ^b,c   Cowin, James P ^d   Jung, Kyung hwa ^c   Perzanowski, Matt ^b   Balletta, Marco ^a   Perera, Federica P ^b   Kinney, Patrick L ^b   Chillrud, Steven N ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Cohort study; Integrating sphere; Method validation; Optical absorbance; Source apportionment; Teflon filter

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; COHORT STUDIES; INTEGRATING SPHERES; METHOD VALIDATIONS; OPTICAL ABSORBANCE; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TEFLON FILTER;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ERRORS; HEATING; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; QUARTZ; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOOT; SPHERES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BLACK CARBON; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; POLITEF;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; BLACK CARBON; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR; HEALTH RISK; HEATING; IRON OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SULFATE; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 80755138388     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.044     Document Type: Article

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