Insights into the primary-secondary and regional-local contributions to organic aerosol and PM2.5 mass in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 7414-7433

  Subramanian, R ^a   Donahue, Neil M ^a   Bernardo Bricker, Anna ^b   Rogge, Wolfgang F ^b   Robinson, Allen L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CMB; Molecular markers; Organic aerosol; Particulate matter; Photochemical decay; Pittsburgh Air Quality Study; Regional transport; Secondary organic aerosol; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

MOLECULAR MARKERS; ORGANIC AEROSOLS; PHOTOCHEMICAL DECAY; PITTSBURGH AIR QUALITY STUDY; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AEROSOLS;

GASOLINE; MOLECULAR MARKER; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; COOKING; DETRITUS; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; INTROSPECTION; METEOROLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247384579     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.058     Document Type: Article

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