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Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-3-293-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/ar-3-293-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 3, issue 1
Research article
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03 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2025

The applicability and challenges of black carbon sensors in monitoring networks

J. Tapio Elomaa, Krista Luoma, Sami D. Harni, Aki Virkkula, Hilkka Timonen, and Tuukka Petäjä

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Black carbon (BC) is a pollutant from combustion that affects the climate and is harmful to health. We tested four different small BC sensors with a reference in Helsinki. The sensors compared well with the reference. As a sensor network they were able to capture differences in BC. Changes in temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) caused error in the measurements. To reduce the effects of T and RH on BC sensors, more robust boxes should be developed, or corrections should be applied.
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