Origins of fine aerosol mass in the Baltimore-Washington corridor: Implications from observation, factor analysis, and ensemble air parcel back trajectories

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 4541-4554

  Chen, L W Antony ^a   Doddridge, Bruce G ^a   Dickerson, Russell R ^a   Chow, Judith C ^b   Henry, Ronald C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemical composition; Air pollution meteorology; Multivariance receptor model; PM2.5 source apportionment

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRAJECTORIES;

RECEPTOR MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COPPER; IRON; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE; TRACE GAS;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036745748     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00399-0     Document Type: Article

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