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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (TSP) AND BRITISH SMOKE MEASUREMENTS IN LONDON: DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE METHOD
Citation:
Mage, D. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (TSP) AND BRITISH SMOKE MEASUREMENTS IN LONDON: DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE METHOD. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/465, 1995.
Description:
An empirical relationship is developed between British Smoke (BS), an optical measure of reflectance of particulate matter (PM), and a gravimetric measure of PM (TSP) for London during the winter periods of 1950s and 1960s. he bounded nonlinear model presented as BS = TS p3 / (TS p2 + C2) , where C = 200 Ag/m3, is only valid for this location, season and years. t is proposed that an equation of similar form may be a candidate for relating optical and gravimetric PM data in other urban areas and seasons, where wind blown dust erosion is not a factor, providing that collocated site and season specific measurements are made to establish the parameter (C) of the model.