Atmosphere monitoring

Impedance spectroscopy This technique is essentially the extension of polarization resistance measurements into low-conductivity environments, including those listed above. The technique can also be used to monitor atmospheric corrosion, corrosion under thin films of condensed liquid and the breakdown of protective paint coatings. Additionally, the method provides mechanistic data concerning the corrosion processes, which are taking place. 

The use of terrestrial invertebrates as sentinel organisms has been suggested for monitoring lead. The spider Araneus umbricatus, for example, contained lead body burdens that correlated with that in a lichen (Lecanora conizaeoides) that is used to monitor atmospheric lead (Clausen 1984). Similarly, the woodlouse (Porcellio scaber) seems to reflect lead concentrations in adjacent soil or leaf litter (Hopkin et al. 1986). 

Jacobson, J. S.. and W. A. Feder. A Regional Network for Environmental Monitoring Atmospheric Oxidant Concentrations and Foliar Injury to Tobacco Indicator Plants in the Eastern United States. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Statioo Bulletin No. 604. Amherst University of Massachusetts, College of Food and Natural Resources, 1974. 31 pp. 

Monitoring atmospheric levels of MDA may not be useful, as skin absorption may be a more significant route of exposure. Concentrations of N-acetyl MDA, a major metabolite of MDA, in the urine may be used to reflect overall exposure. ... 

Guizard, S D. Chapoulard, M. Horani, and D. Gauyacq, Detection of NO Traces Using Resonantly Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization A Method for Monitoring Atmospheric Pollutants, Appl Phys. B, 48, 47f-477 (1989). 

Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate, http //www.gmes-atmosphere.eu/. 

The ratio of activities 131I/137Cs on 24 environmental filters from various parts of the UK averaged 9.1 (S.D.)0.9 (Stewart etal., 1961). This is less than half the ratio in the reactor fuel, allowing for the fact that the reactor had been virtually shut down for 4 d before the accident. The paper filters used in 1957 for monitoring atmospheric pollution... 

Willis, G.H. Parr, J.F. Papendick, R.I., Smith, S. A system for monitoring atmospheric concentrations of field-applied pesticides. Pest. Monit. J., 1969, 3, 172. 

ASTM G91, Monitoring Atmospheric SO2 using the Sulphation Plate Technique, West Conshohoken, PA, 1992. 

Since there are only few - and expensive - tunable lasers available for the infrared range, they are not popular for routine applications. However, there are instances where CO2 lasers (with a high efficiency) are used to excite emission spectra (Belz et al., 1987). Semiconductor lasers have been developed for monitoring atmospheric trace gases (Grisar et al., 1987). 

Some terrestrial plants can take up PAHs from soil via the roots or from air via the foliage uptake rates are dependent on the concentration, solubility, and molecular weight ofthe PAHs and on the plant species (Edwards 1983). Mosses and lichens have been used to monitor atmospheric deposition of PAHs (Thomas et al. 1984). About 30-70% of atmospheric PAHs... 

The surveys by coimtry include an overview of Air quality monitoring, Atmospheric Chemistry research and Air pollution modelling. For all topics, Institutions and groups involved, Historical aspects. Current projects and studies performed in the last 5 years. National strategies. Achievements, and Publications are discussed. An analysis of problems and the identification of needs is made collectively for all the countries. 

ASTM G91-86 (1986) Standard Practice for Monitoring Atmospheric SO2 Using the Sulfation Plate Technique. 

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Much CO2 is absorbed into oceans or used by plants in photosynthesis. Nevertheless, we are now generating CO2 much faster than it is being absorbed. Chemists have monitored atmospheric CO2 concentrations since 1958. Analysis of air trapped in ice cores taken from Antarctica and Greenland makes it possible to determine the atmospheric levels of CO2 during the past 160,000 years. These measurements... 

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