Elemental carbon (EC) in atmospheric particulate matter originates from a broad range of
sources in many urban locations. As health and air quality studies are using elemental …

Although the definition and measurement techniques for atmospheric" black carbon"(" BC")
or" elemental carbon''(" EC") have long been subjects of scientific controversy, the recent …

In the past 30 years, the field of black carbon (BC) research has expanded broadly,
stretching from its traditional core in the atmospheric sciences into oceanography, soil …

Global‐scale emissions of carbonaceous aerosol from fossil fuel usage have been
calculated with a resolution of 1°× 1°. Emission factors for black and organic carbon have …

A laboratory intercomparison of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC)
measurements of atmospheric particulate matter samples collected on quartz filters was …

An international round robin test on the analysis of carbonaceous aerosols on quartz fiber
filters sampled at an urban site was organized by the Vienna University of Technology …

Ambient particulate samples are routinely analyzed for organic and elemental carbon
(OC/EC) using either thermal manganese dioxide oxidation (TMO) or thermal volatil-ization …

For a period of almost 3 years, sampling of size‐fractionated ambient particulate matter with
diameter below 10 μm (PM10) was performed at urban source sites (Downey and University …

Forty sites were visited during a survey of exposures to diesel engine exhaust emissions.
Personal and background exposure to gaseous components, respirable dust, elemental …

Black carbon (BC) is the combustion-altered, solid residue remaining after biomass burning
and fossil fuel combustion. Radiocarbon measurements of BC provide information on the …