ECOC comparison exercise with identical thermal protocols after temperature offset correction - Instrument diagnostics by in-depth evaluation of operational parameters

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 779-792

  Panteliadis, P ^a   Hafkenscheid, T ^b   Cary, B ^c   Diapouli, E ^d   Fischer, A ^e   Favez, O ^f   Quincey, P ^g   Viana, M ^h   Hitzenberger, R ⁱ   Vecchi, R ^j   Saraga, D ^d   Sciare, J ^k   Jaffrezo, J L ^l   John, A ^m   Schwarz, J ⁿ   Giannoni, M ^o   Novak, J ^p   Karanasiou, A ^h   Fermo, P ^j   Maenhaut, W ^q  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Sunset Laboratory Inc   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^g NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

ⁱ Faculty of Mathematics   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^l UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^m Institute for Energy and Environmental Technology eV Air Quality Sustainable Nanotechnology Division   (Germany)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^o INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^p CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^q GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 84923125373     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-779-2015     Document Type: Article

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