Receptor modeling of Toronto PM2.5 characterized by aerosol laser ablation mass spectrometry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5712-5720

  Owega, Sandy ^a   Khan, Badi Uz Zaman ^a   D'Souza, Ryan ^a   Evans, Greg J ^a   Fila, Mike ^a   Jervis, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; DUST; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RESONANCE; WOOD;

ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY; AEROSOL PARTICLES; LASER ABLATION MASS SPECTROMETRY (LAMS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; ORGANIC NITRATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; LASER ABLATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TECHNIQUE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CANADA; DUST; FLUORIDES; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALTS; SEASONS; SOIL; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE; WOOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444267411     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es035177i     Document Type: Article

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