Identification of sources of atmospheric PM at the Pittsburgh Supersite-Part III: Source characterization

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3974-3992

  Bein, Keith J ^a   Zhao, Yongjing ^b   Johnston, Murray V ^c   Wexler, Anthony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal combustion particles; Coal fired power plant plumes; Particle mass emission rates; Pittsburgh Supersite experiment; Single particle mass spectrometry; Size distributed particle number emission rates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COAL COMBUSTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

COAL COMBUSTION PARTICLES; COAL FIRED POWER PLANT PLUMES; PARTICLE MASS EMISSION RATES; PITTSBURGH SUPERSITE EXPERIMENT; SINGLE-PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTED PARTICLE NUMBER EMISSION RATES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CALCIUM; COAL; GALLIUM; IRON; LEAD; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247869706     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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