Evaluation of the particle infiltration efficiency of three passive samplers and the PS-1 active air sampler

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 289-293

  Markovic, Milos Z ^a   Prokop, Sebastian ^a,b   Staebler, Ralf M ^a   Liggio, John ^a   Harner, Tom ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Particle infiltration efficiency; Particle sampling; Passive samplers; PUF disk sampler; Sampler evaluation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AIR SAMPLING; PARTICLE INFILTRATION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE SAMPLING; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PUF DISKS; SAMPLER EVALUATION;

EFFICIENCY;

AIR SAMPLING; INFILTRATION; SAMPLER;

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE INFILTRATION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

EID: 84928728430     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.051     Document Type: Article

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