1. Black Carbon
Sources: Biomass burning, Wildfires, Mobile sources (Fossil fuel), Industry, Waste incineration
Measure methods:
On line: Multi-Wavalength Aethalometer, Multi Angle Absorpion Photometer (MAAP)
EC/OC semicontinuos and off line measurement on filter
“…A joint EMEP/ACTRIS/COLOSSAL intensive measurement period was conducted in winter (IMP Winter 2018), using multi-wavelength aethalometer measurements of equivalent black carbon (EBC) and a novel application of positive matrix factorisation (PMF) for source apportionment of Equivalent Black Carbon into fossil fuel (EBCff) and biomass burning (EBCbb) origin…” (EMEP Report 1/2018).
[Exercise ECOC -ILC’s Intercalaboratory Comparison Levoglucosan and its Isomers» 2017 – 2018]

2. The Aethalometer® is an instrument that uses a real-time optical analysis to determine the mass concentration of Black Carbon particles collected from an air stream passing through a filter. Two configurations: 2-Wavelength (infra-red 880 nm for Black Carbon; ultraviolet 370 nm for aromatic organic compounds- brown carbon) and 7-Wavelength (7 sources from 370 nm to 950 nm).
Multi-Angle Absorption Photometer (MAAP) measures the amount of light (wavelength 637 nm) that is transmitted through and scattered back from a particle laden glass fibre filter.

3. Magee Scientific Aethalometer® Model AE33
Multi-angle Absorption Photometer
ECOC: Sunset Laboratory Dual-Optical Carbonaceous Analyzer
Sunset Semi-Continuous OC/EC Field Analyzer