Collaborative Testing of Methods to Measure Air Pollutants II. The Non-Dispersive Infrared Method for Carbon Monoxide

McKee, Herbert C.; Margeson, John H.; Stanley, T. W.

doi:10.1080/00022470.1973.10469857

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“…Carbon monoxide CO measurements have focused on urban conditions where gas concentrations are in the ppmv range owing to high engine exhaust emissions. The CO reference method uses nondispersive infrared (NDIR) absorption (Jacobs et al, 1959;McKee et al, 1973). Commercial instruments can detect levels <100 ppbv for hourly averages with appropriate calibration referenced to primary standards.…”

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“…The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, 2017e) has amassed a large portfolio of reports and publications related to ambient and source measurements, along with data archiving and use in models. Other reviews are available for: (a) methods and instrumentation (American Society for Testing Materials International [ASTM], 2017;Chow, 1995;Chow et al, 2008a;Cohen and McCammon, 2001;Hidy et al, 2009;Hoff and Christopher, 2009;Katz, 1980;Kulkarni et al, 2011;Lodge, 1989;McKee et al, 1973;Mueller, 1980;NARSTO, 2010;Parrish and Fehsenfeld, 2000;Ruzer and Harley, 2013;Solomon and Sioutas, 2008;Watson et al, 1995b;Wexler and Johnston, 2008); (b) data verification and audits (U.S.EPA, 1994(U.S.EPA, , 2013(U.S.EPA, , 2017a; (c) archiving and access (CIRA, 2017; U.S.EPA, 2017c); and (d) network design, sampler siting, and operations (Chow et al, 2002a;Mueller et al, 1983a;Scheffe et al, 2007;Watson et al, 1997a).…”

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Air quality measurements—From rubber bands to tapping the rainbow

Hidy¹,

Mueller²,

Altshuler

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Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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It is axiomatic that good measurements are integral to good public policy for environmental protection. The generalized term for "measurements" includes sampling and quantitation, data integrity, documentation, network design, sponsorship, operations, archiving, and accessing for applications. Each of these components has evolved and advanced over the last 200 years as knowledge of atmospheric chemistry and physics has matured. Air quality was first detected by what people could see and smell in contaminated air. Gaseous pollutants were found to react with certain materials or chemicals, changing the color of dissolved reagents such that their light absorption at selected wavelengths could be related to both the pollutant chemistry and its concentration. Airborne particles have challenged the development of a variety of sensory devices and laboratory assays for characterization of their enormous range of physical and chemical properties. Advanced electronics made possible the sampling, concentration, and detection of gases and particles, both in situ and in laboratory analysis of collected samples. Accurate and precise measurements by these methods have made possible advanced air quality management practices that led to decreasing concentrations over time. New technologies are leading to smaller and cheaper measurement systems that can further expand and enhance current air pollution monitoring networks. Implications: Ambient air quality measurement systems have a large influence on air quality management by determining compliance, tracking trends, elucidating pollutant transport and transformation, and relating concentrations to adverse effects. These systems consist of more than just instrumentation, and involve extensive support efforts for siting, maintenance, calibration, auditing, data validation, data management and access, and data interpretation. These requirements have largely been attained for criteria pollutants regulated by National Ambient Air Quality Standards, but they are rarely attained for nonroutine measurements and research studies.

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Air quality measurements—From rubber bands to tapping the rainbow

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Altshuler

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“…The first two papers in this series reported the results of collaborative tests of the high-volume method for suspended particulate matter 1 and the non-dispersive infrared method for carbon monoxide. 2 This paper describes a collaborative test of the chemiluminescent method for ozone and presents the results obtained.…”

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