Cross-Appalachian Tracer Experiment (CAPTEX '83) quality assurance of surface samples

Technical Report · Sat Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5980024

Lagomarsino, R J; Thomas, F L; Weber, T J; Greenfield, L R

Seven separate releases of perfluoromonomethylcyclohexane tracer from either Dayton, Ohio or Sudbury, Ontario determined atmospheric transport and dispersion across the Appalachian Mountains to the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Surface samplers were emplaced in an array along the expected tracer plume trajectory. The EML quality assurance procedures for the preparation of the samplers as well as estimates of the precision and accuracy of sampling and gas chromatographic analysis are discussed. 6 refs., 4 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Environmental Measurements Lab., New York
• OSTI ID: 5980024
• Report Number(s): EML-462; ON: DE87013828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR
ALKANES
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CANADA
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CYCLOALKANES
DIFFUSION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION I
FEDERAL REGION II
FEDERAL REGION III
FLUIDS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GASES
GROUND RELEASE
HYDROCARBONS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NETWORK ANALYSIS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RAIN
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SURFACE AIR
TRACER TECHNIQUES
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT