CR 14377:2002

Air quality - Approach to uncertainty estimation for ambient air reference measurement methods

The Report is to provide guidance on uncertainty evaluation to CEN/TC 264 Working Group(s), who are involved in the preparation of Reference Methods to measure ambient air quality, as required by the EU Daughter Directives of the European Framework Directive on Ambient Air-quality Assessment and Management (96/62/EC)

Kakovost zraka - Pristop k ocenjevanju merilne negotovosti referenčnih merilnih metod za zunanji zrak

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 15-Jan-2002
• ICS: 13.040.20 - Ambient atmospheres
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 264 - Air quality
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 264 - Air quality
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 16-Jan-2002
• Completion Date: 16-Jan-2002
• Directive: 2008/50/EC - Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
• Directive: 96/62/EC - Ambient air quality assessment and management
• Ref Project: SIST CR 14377:2002 - Air quality - Approach to uncertainty estimation for ambient air reference measurement methods

Standards Content (Sample)

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Air quality - Approach to uncertainty estimation for ambient air reference measurement
methods
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CR 14377:2002
ICS:
13.040.20 Kakovost okoljskega zraka Ambient atmospheres
SIST CR 14377:2002 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST CR 14377:2002
CEN REPORT
CR 14377
RAPPORT CEN
CEN BERICHT
January 2002
ICS
English version
Air quality - Approach to uncertainty estimation for ambient air
reference measurement methods
This CEN Report was approved by CEN on 10 November 2001. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 264.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36  B-1050 Brussels
© 2002 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. CR 14377:2002 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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SIST CR 14377:2002
CR 14377:2002 (E)
Contents
Foreword.4
1 Introduction .5
2 Assumptions and interpretations in this Report of the EC Air Quality Framework and Daughter
Directives.5
2.1 Annexes to the Daughter Directives .5
2.2 Definitions and interpretation of measurement uncertainty, level of confidence, and
confidence interval, within the Ambient Air Quality Daughter Directives .6
2.2.1 General.6
2.2.2 Uncertainty of measurement .6
2.2.3 Level of confidence .6
2.2.4 Relationship between confidence interval and measurement uncertainty .7
2.3 EC Terms of Reference .8
3 Approaches to uncertainty estimation .8
3.1 General.8
3.2 Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement.9
3.3 International Standards ISO 5725 Parts 1 to 6.9
3.4 International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology.10
3.5 Other International Standards .10
4 Recommendations for the assessment of uncertainty of ambient air measurement methods .11
4.1 Introduction .11
4.1.1 General.11
4.1.2 Automated measurement methods.11
4.1.3 Non-automated measurement methods .12
4.1.4 Utilisation of traceable calibration standards and certified reference materials.
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