Assessment of factors influencing PM mass concentration measured by gravimetric & beta attenuation techniques at a suburban site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 409-417

  Triantafyllou, E ^a   Diapouli, E ^b   Tsilibari, E M ^c   Adamopoulos, A D ^c   Biskos, G ^d,e   Eleftheriadis, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Environment Greece   (Greece)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Beta attenuation monitor; Equivalence; Filter material; PM2.5, PM10; Reference gravimetric sampler; Water content

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; QUARTZ; WATER CONTENT;

AIR QUALITY NETWORKS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; BETA ATTENUATION MONITORS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; EQUIVALENCE; FILTER MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE GRAVIMETRIC SAMPLER;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIUM NITRATE; WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; GRAVIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRAVIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; WETTABILITY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84959152750     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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