Receptor modeling of ambient particulate matter data using positive matrix factorization: Review of existing methods

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-154

  Reff, Adam ^a   Eberly, Shelly I ^a   Bhave, Prakash V ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL;

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMIC PARAMETERS; AMBIENT PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF); RECEPTOR MODELING;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 33947725946     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2007.10465319     Document Type: Article

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