BOOKS sampling strategy and to encourage seeking the counsel of a qualified meteorologist. Chapter 3 consists of a good, basic overview of air pollution chemistry and includes many up-to-date references. The discussion of particle analysis (Chapter 4) was disappointing. It appears that little effort was expended to update this section, and relatively old references are cited. For example, in the discussion of portable sampling pumps, a 1963 reference is cited. In contrast, the chapters on the analysis of metals and sulfur and nitrogen com-
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pounds are quite good. The critical review of techniques can be very helpful to investigators new to the field. The experimental sections are rich in detail. Although I would not recommend performing the analysis without consulting the original manuscript, I believe it is helpful for the novice to be exposed to the complexity (or lack thereof) in a particular approach. The discussion on the analysis of oxides of nitrogen could have been better updated. For example, many commercially available NO* analyzers no longer use stainless steelbased NO9 converters. The discussion of secondary pollutants (Chapter 7) is also good. It explains the generalities and specifics of analyses of ozone, HNO3, PAN, aldehydes, and so on. I was baffled that there was no description of analysis of aldehydes via dinitrophenylhydrazine derivatization and subsequent HPLC analysis, an approach that is widely used. Chapter 8 describes the determination of organics and carbon monoxide. The discussion generally is up to date, although most of the citations are pre1980. Interestingly, this chapter describes certain advanced instrumental
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