Absolute principal component analysis of atmospheric aerosols in Mexico City

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-18

  Miranda, Javier ^a   Crespo, Ihali ^a   Morales, Maria Angeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; Cluster analysis; Elemental analysis; Meteorology; Mexico City; PIXE; Principal component analysis; Receptor model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033956969     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr199910.006     Document Type: Article

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