The relationship between black carbon concentration and black smoke: A more general approach

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 538-544

  Heal, Mathew R ^a   Quincey, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aethalometer; Air quality; Black carbon; Black smoke; BS1747 standard; ISO 9835 standard

Indexed keywords

AETHALOMETER; AMBIENT PARTICLES; AMBIENT PARTICULATE MATTER; BLACK CARBON; BLACK SMOKE; BLACK SMOKE INDEX; CO-LOCATED; COMBUSTION SOURCES; DATA ARCHIVES; DATA SETS; GENERAL APPROACH; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OFF-AXIS; OFF-AXIS PARABOLIC; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SMOKE;

BLACK CARBON;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; FILTER; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SAMPLER; SMOKE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; FLOW RATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SMOKE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859733712     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.067     Document Type: Article

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