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Collage of industries and environment Automotive/Transportation Electric Power/Utilities Pristine water, shore, mountains, and sky. The environmental industry provides instruments and measurement services to monitor our environment. Quality of these instruments and measurements is assured through proper use of NIST standards Urban areas are often strongly impacted by PM affecting air quality. NIST standards help to accurately quantify PM and its constituents to improve mitigation measures PM and precursors are emitted through chemical manufacturing and the coatings industries. The

ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS PROGRAM

Division activities involve the development of sampling and measurement methods for environmental particulate matter (PM) and PM precursors, the development and dissemination of associated standard materials, and the application of chemometric techniques for assessing accuracy in complex, multicomponent systems. This research seeks to improve the scientific basis for policy-relevant decisions on health and atmospheric issues, a significant challenge to government, industry, and scientific organizations.

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Mountain Ridges seen through airborne haze
Last Updated March 5, 2002

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