Source apportionment of ambient fine particle size distribution using positive matrix factorization in Erfurt, Germany

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 398, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 133-144

  Yue, Wei ^a,b   Stölzel, Matthias ^a   Cyrys, Josef ^a,c   Pitz, Mike ^a,c   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Kreyling, Wolfgang G ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,d   Peters, Annette ^a   Wang, Sheng ^b   Hopke, Philip K ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle size; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MASS CONCENTRATIONS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERMANY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SOIL; SULFATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERFURT; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; THURINGIA;

EID: 43849109206     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.049     Document Type: Article

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