Quality control for noncriteria air pollutants: results from the ATEOS project

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1986.10466077· OSTI ID:5493046

Harkov, R; Lioy, P J; Daisey, J M; Greenberg, A; Darack, F; Bozzelli, J W; Kebbekus, B

While quality control has been defined and implemented for ambient criteria pollutant monitoring, such as for SO/sub 2/, O/sub 3/ and total suspended particulates, most of the noncriteria air pollutants currently being measured have not been subject to similar levels of data assurance. The New Jersey Project on Airborne Toxic Elements and Organic Substances (ATEOS) included the measurement of nearly 50 gaseous and particulate phase noncriteria pollutants, within the structure of a rigorous quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program. The following report details the QA/QC results for the particulate and vapor phase pollutants measured during the ATEOS project. Consideration is given to a number of basic differences between measuring inorganic and organic pollutants including method detection limits, number of valid samples, and precision and accuracy of the overall methods. Particular emphasis is placed on how the QA/QC data place limits on statistical analyses of noncriteria air pollutant data sets.

• Research Organization: New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton
• OSTI ID: 5493046
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 36:4; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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