Preliminary investigation on the feasibility of size selective passive sampling for atmospheric particles was undertaken through laboratory simulated and outdoor sampling. The passive samplers used in the research were improved from passive sampler used for sampling atmospheric organic contaminants. Sampled particle size distribution was analyzed by MasterSizer 2000 laser particle size analyzer...

Grab sampling and automated sampling are not suitable or logistically too constraining for the monitoring of pesticides in dynamic streams located in agricultural watersheds. In this work, we applied stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) Twisters® directly in two small rivers of a French vineyard (herein referred to as "passive SBSE"), for periods of one or two weeks during a month, for the passi...

Passive sampling is an approved and accurate method for the assessment of organic compound exposure over long sampling time. This method could be very convenient for the short-time exposure assessment, but passive samplers have to be validated for this use. In this article, the behaviour of two commercial passive samplers (GABIE and Perkin Elmer) under fluctuant concentration conditions is stud...

Sampling has become an integral part of passive network measurement. This role is driven by the need to control the consumption of resources in the measurement infrastructure under increasing traffic rates and the demand for detailed measurements from applications and service providers. Classical sampling methods play an important role in the current practice of Internet measurement. The aims o...

This paper presents a field evaluation of a passive badge for measuring 2-ethoxyethyl acetate (2-EEAc) in a humid working environment. Forty-eight pairs of side-by-side active/passive 8-h full-shift personal samples were collected to evaluate the performance of a passive badge for monitoring 2-EEAc with the co-exposure of toluene and methyl iso-butyl ketone (MIBK) in a warm and humid workplace....

We investigate passive radar imaging of aircraft using re ected TV signals. Such passive multistatic \radar" has been developed to detect and track aircraft with good accuracy. The additional capability of image formation would help to identify targets. The Fourier space sampling provided by passive radar is nonuniform. For a given aircraft ight path, di erent receiver locations give rise to di...