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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4013-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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02 Oct 2015
Research article |
| 02 Oct 2015
Predicting ambient aerosol thermal–optical reflectance measurements from infrared spectra: elemental carbon
A. M. Dillner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
University of California – Davis, Davis, California, USA
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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20 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Thermal/optical reflectance equivalent organic and elemental carbon determined from federal reference and equivalent method fine particulate matter samples using Fourier transform infrared spectrometry A. Weakley et al.
- Predicting ambient aerosol thermal–optical reflectance (TOR) measurements from infrared spectra: extending the predictions to different years and different sites M. Reggente et al.
- Quantifying elemental and organic carbon in diesel particulate matter by mid-infrared spectrometry D. Parks et al.
- Analysis of functional groups in atmospheric aerosols by infrared spectroscopy: sparse methods for statistical selection of relevant absorption bands S. Takahama et al.
- Analysis of functional groups in atmospheric aerosols by infrared spectroscopy: systematic intercomparison of calibration methods for US measurement network samples M. Reggente et al.
- Quantitative Inversion of Fixed Carbon Content in Coal Gangue by Thermal Infrared Spectral Data L. Song et al.
- Methodology to Create Reproducible Validation/Reference Materials for Comparison of Filter-Based Measurements of Carbonaceous Aerosols That Measure BC, BrC, EC, OC, and TC P. Solomon et al.
- Measurement of organic and elemental carbon in the char deposits from the combustion of permitted and undesirable fuels in domestic boilers M. Kucbel et al.
- Long-Term Strategy for Assessing Carbonaceous Particulate Matter Concentrations from Multiple Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Instruments: Influence of Spectral Dissimilarities on Multivariate Calibration Performance B. Debus et al.
- Ambient aerosol composition by infrared spectroscopy and partial least-squares in the chemical speciation network: Organic carbon with functional group identification A. Weakley et al.
- Black carbon emissions generally underestimated in the global south as revealed by globally distributed measurements Y. Ren et al.
- Atmospheric particulate matter characterization by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: a review of statistical calibration strategies for carbonaceous aerosol quantification in US measurement networks S. Takahama et al.
- Ambient aerosol composition by infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares in the chemical speciation network: Multilevel modeling for elemental carbon A. Weakley et al.
- An open platform for Aerosol InfraRed Spectroscopy analysis – AIRSpec M. Reggente et al.
- Assessing Attenuation Effects in X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Light Elements in Mineral Dust X. Liu et al.
- Atomic spectrometry update – a review of advances in environmental analysis O. Butler et al.
- An automated baseline correction protocol for infrared spectra of atmospheric aerosols collected on polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) filters A. Kuzmiakova et al.
- Near infrared hyperspectral imaging as a tool for quantifying atmospheric carbonaceous aerosol S. Elcoroaristizabal & J. Amigo
- Towards a Field-Portable Real-Time Organic and Elemental Carbon Monitor D. Parks et al.
- Quantification of major particulate matter species from a single filter type using infrared spectroscopy – application to a large-scale monitoring network B. Debus et al.
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Short summary
Elemental carbon (EC), a constituent of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), adversely affects climate, visibility and human health. EC is measured in PM monitoring networks world-wide but the method is expensive and destructive to the samples. Here, methods are presented to accurately predict EC using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis which is inexpensive and non-destructive. This method complements measurements of organic carbon and organic functional groups made using FT-IR.
Elemental carbon (EC), a constituent of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), adversely affects...
