Reisinger, Peter and Wonaschutz, Anna and Hitzenberger, Regina and Petzold, Andreas and Bauer, Heidi and Jankowski, Nicole and Puxbaum, Hans and Chi, Xuguang and Maenhaut, Willy (2008) Intercomparison of Measurement Techniques for Black or Elemental Carbon Under Urban Background Conditions in Wintertime: Influence of Biomass Combustion. Environmental Science & Technology, 42, pp. 884-889. American Chemical society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/es0715041. ISSN 0013-936X.
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Abstract
A generally accepted method to measure black carbon (BC) or elemental carbon (EC) still does not exist. An earlier study in the Vienna area comparing practically all measurement methods in use in Europe gave comparable BC and EC concentrations under summer conditions (Hitzenberger et al., 2006a).Undersummerconditions, Diesel traffic is the major source for EC or BC in Vienna. Under winter conditions, space heating (also with biomass as fuel) is another important source (Caseiro et al., 2007). The present study compares the response of thermal methods (a modified Cachier method, Cachier et al., 1989; a thermal-optical method, Schmid et al., 2001; and two thermal-optical (TOT) methods using Sunset instruments, Birch and Cary, 1996 and Schauer et al., 2003) and optical methods (a light transmission method, Hansen et al., 1984; the integrating sphere method, Hitzenberger et al., 1996; and the multiangle absorption photometer MAAP, Petzold and Schönlinner, 2004). Significant differences were found between the TOT methods on the one hand and all other methods on the other. The TOT methods yielded EC concentrations that were lower by 44 and 17% than the average of all measured concentrations (including the TO T data).The largest discrepancy was found when the contribution of brown carbon measured with the integrating sphere method) was largest.
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Intercomparison of Measurement Techniques for Black or Elemental Carbon Under Urban Background Conditions in Wintertime: Influence of Biomass Combustion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Environmental Science & Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI : | 10.1021/es0715041 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 884-889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | American Chemical society (ACS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0013-936X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Black carbon, MAAP, aerosol, urban pollution, measurement methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Terrestrial Vehicles (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | V BF - Bodengebundene Fahrzeuge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | V - Next Generation Train (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Atmospheric Trace Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Petzold, Dr.rer.nat. Andreas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 17 Jul 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2019 15:24 |
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