Summary Results from the UK NO2 Network Field Intercomparison Exercise 1999

Summary Results from the UK NO2 Network Field Intercomparison Exercise 1999

A report produced for The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, The Welsh Office, The Scottish Office and The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland


Contents
                         1 Introduction
                1.1 BACKGROUND
                1.2 CONCLUSIONS FROM THE 1998 FIELD INTERCOMPARISON
                1.3 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE 1998 FIELD INTERCOMPARION
2 Organisation of the 1999 Field Intercomparison
                2.1 EXPOSURE DETAILS
                2.2 STATISTICAL PROCESSING OF MEASUREMENT DATA
3 Summary of Results from the Field Testing Exercise
                3.1 COMPARIS0N WITH CHEMILUMINESCENT TECHNIQUE
                3.2 BIAS RELATIVE TO AVERAGE DIFFUSION TUBE MEASUREMENTS
4 Investigation of systematic differences in diffusion tube performance due to preparation technique
5 Recommended Guidelines for Laboratory Performance
                5.1 DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE NETWORK
                5.2DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR THE AIR QUALITY STRATEGY
6 Comparison with Other Field Intercomparison Exercises
7 Conclusions
8 Recommendations for further improvement
9 Acknowledgements
10 References

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