Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4543-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4543-2019
Research article
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26 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2019

Inter-comparison of elemental and organic carbon mass measurements from three North American national long-term monitoring networks at a co-located site

Tak W. Chan, Lin Huang, Kulbir Banwait, Wendy Zhang, Darrell Ernst, Xiaoliang Wang, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow, Mark Green, Claudia I. Czimczik, Guaciara M. Santos, Sangeeta Sharma, and Keith Jones

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Short summary
This study compared 10 years of carbonaceous aerosol measurements collected at Egbert by three North American long-term monitoring networks. The study evaluated how differences in sample collection and analysis affected the concentrations of total carbon (TC), organic carbon (OC), and elemental carbon (EC). Various carbonaceous fractions measured by the three networks were consistent and comparable over the period. Elevated OC and EC were observed when ambient temperature exceeded 10 °C.