Identification of source nature and seasonal variations of arctic aerosol by positive matrix factorization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-260

  Xie, Yu Long ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^a   Paatero, Pentti ^b   Barrie, Leonard A ^c   Li, Shao Meng ^c  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033000048     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0249:IOSNAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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