Chemical Species Abbreviations
Introduction
In keeping with the filenaming convention for Instrumental (and other) datafiles, many of the names given in the current list of valid instrument names include abbreviations or shortened versions of the chemical species that are measured.
Chemical species abbreviations
This list provides standards for use with chemical and particulate data.
c | Carbon |
co | Carbon monoxide |
co2 | Carbon dioxide |
hc | Hydrocarbons |
hno2 | Nitrous acid |
hno3 | Nitric acid |
nh3 | Ammonium |
no | Nitrogen monoxide |
nox | NO + NO 2 |
no2 | Nitrogen dioxide |
n2o | Nitrous oxide |
o3 | Ozone |
pm | Particulate matter |
pm1 | PM 1 |
pm10 | PM 10 |
pm2p5 | PM 2.5 |
pmch | Perfluoromethylcyclohexane C 7F14 |
pmcp | Perfluoromethylcyclopentane C 6F12 |
so2 | Sulfur dioxide |