Application of the pseudo-deterministic receptor model to resolve power plant influences on air quality in Pittsburgh

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 883-897

  Park, Seung ^a,b   Pancras, J ^a   Ondov, John ^a   Robinson, Allen ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL FIRED BOILERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

MULTIVARIATE PSEUDO-DETERMINISTIC RECEPTOR MODEL; PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS; PSEUDO-DETERMINISTIC RECEPTOR; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BOILER; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 33745811300     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820600776352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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