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RECORD NUMBER: 831 OF 1556

Main Title Regional air pollution study : high volume filter measurements of suspended particulate matter /
Author Nelson, E.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Kopczynski, Stanley.
Nelson, E.
CORP Author Rockwell International, Creve Coeur, MO. Environmental Monitoring and Services Center.;Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/4-79-003; EPA-68-02-2093
Stock Number PB-290 660
OCLC Number 53275682
Additional Subjects Air filters ; Aerosols ; Gas analysis ; Sampling ; Chemical analysis ; Sulfates ; Inorganic nitrates ; Laboratory equipment ; Seasonal variations ; Concentration(Composition) ; Spatial distribution ; Data analysis ; Tables(Data) ; Air pollution ; Air pollution sampling ; Total suspended particulates ; Air pollution detection
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101A056.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-4-79-003 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/01/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/4-79-003 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 10/24/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-79-003 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-4-79-003 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-290 660 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 104 p. : charts ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Ten of the 25 stations making up the Regional Air Monitoring System were equipped with dichotomous samplers and high volume filter samplers for aerosol measurements. The high volume samplers collected samples every third day for 24-hour periods (0000-2400). Sample filters were returned to a chemical laboratory where weights of total suspended particulate (TSP) were determined, and wet chemical analyses performed for sulfates and nitrates. A total of 2358 samples were obtained between March 1975 and March 1977. The report describes both the operation of the sampling network, including equipment maintenance, and analysis and quality control procedures and results. Analyses were made to determine seasonal and spatial variations of the three parameters measured. The station geometric mean concentrations of TSP varied from 33.0 to 90.9 micrograms/cu m, sulfate ranged from 7.0 to 12.7 micrograms/cu m, and nitrate from 2.3 to 3.8 micrograms/cu m. Sulfate showed the greatest seasonal variation, peaking in the summer months, and nitrate the least, with no consistent patterns discernable. An Appendix lists all individual sampling results obtained. These data are stored in the RAPS Data Bank in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Notes
Project Officer: Stanley Kopczynski. Rockwell International "January 1979." "EPA-600/4-79-003."