Vol. 13, issue 02, article # 13

Eremenko S. I. Diffuse battery application to atmospheric monitoring: the method of estimating the data errors. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2000. V. 13. No. 02. P. 186-189.    PDF
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Abstract:

The method of data errors estimation intended for use in continuous monitoring of atmospheric aerosol with a diffusion battery is presented. Such estimation is necessary for reliable data inversion to size spectra. The technique is based on statistical analysis of particle concentration fluctuations. Data were obtained as continuous series of battery scans. For each scan the optimum number of the neighboring scans to be averaged was determined. Such a sample provides for maximum gain in the accuracy owing to data averaging provided that the errors have been determined quite reliably. The averaged data together with the error estimates were used for further data inversion.