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Record 1 2002-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Pollution (General)
DEF

A maximum concentration recorded in a given period.

OBS

... such equipment, if sufficiently sensitive to momentary changes in the concentrations of pollutants, records peaks concentrations which otherwise would escape attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution (Généralités)
CONT

l'évaluation des concentrations de pointe [...] est limitée par la constante du temps de décalage de l'échantillonnage ou de l'instrument à enregistrement continu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Contaminación (Generalidades)
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