On the use of the field Sunset semi-continuous analyzer to measure equivalent black carbon concentrations
2016
Abstract
The study describes a method how to calculate equivalent black carbon (EBC, Petzold et. al 2013) concentrations, obtained from raw laser intensity data measured by a semi-continuous thermo-optical EC/OC analyzer (Sunset Laboratory Inc., USA), compares the calculated EBC concentrations to several EBC-dedicated instruments, and also examines various correction methods and their influence on the calculated EBC concentrations.