Derivation of flow rate and calibration method for high-volume air samplers

Hann, Richard; Hermanson, Mark

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4725-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4725-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4725-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

Research article

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05 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 05 Sep 2019

Derivation of flow rate and calibration method for high-volume air samplers

Richard Hann and Mark Hermanson

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Final revised paper (published on 05 Sep 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 18 Oct 2018)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Actual flow rate should be used for PM sampling and concentration calculation', Chuen-Jinn Tsai, 01 Dec 2018
- AC1: ''Reply to: Actual flow rate should be used for PM sampling and concentration calculation'', Richard Hann, 18 Dec 2018
  - SC2: 'one should focus on actual flow rate control', Chuen-Jinn Tsai, 28 Dec 2018
    - AC2: 'Reply to: one should focus on actual flow rate control', Richard Hann, 14 Jan 2019
SC3: 'additional reference', Kristie Ellickson, 25 Jan 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to: additional reference', Richard Hann, 29 Jan 2019
- RC1: 'SC "additional reference" again as RC', Kristie Ellickson, 30 Jan 2019
  - AC4: 'Reply to: SC "additional reference" again as RC', Richard Hann, 30 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Review Attached', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Mar 2019
- AC5: 'Reply to: Review Attached', Richard Hann, 13 May 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Richard Hann on behalf of the Authors (27 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Jun 2019) by Thomas F. Hanisco

ED: Publish as is (13 Aug 2019) by Thomas F. Hanisco

AR by Richard Hann on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2019)

Short summary

High-volume air sampling is a key measurement technique for investigating the concentration of atmospheric pollutants. Despite being a mature technique, a detailed description of how to derive flow rates and how to calibrate these samplers is missing in the literature. This paper uses basics in fluid mechanics to derive the equations in question. This allows for a deeper understanding of the measurement process and opens up for a more differentiated assessment of potential error sources.