Estimating uncertainties and uncertainty contributors of CMB PM2.5 source apportionment results

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 9616-9624

  Lee, Sangil ^a,b   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMB; Monte Carlo analysis; PM2.5; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE (CMB); MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTER; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS WITH LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348940918     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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