Fine particulate matter source apportionment for the chemical speciation trends network site at Birmingham, Alabama, using positive matrix factorization

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-44

  Baumann, Karsten ^a,b   Jayanty, R K M ^a   Flanagan, James B ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Atmospheric Research and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ELEMENTAL CARBON (EC) TRACER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF) RECEPTORS; SPECIATION TRENDS NETWORK (STN);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

EID: 38549156615     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.1.27     Document Type: Article

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