Air contaminants modelling by use of several receptor-oriented models

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 32-57

  Astel, Aleksander M ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Austria; Chemical mass balance; CMB; Cracow; Environmetrics; Particulate matter; PMF; Poland; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment; UNMIX; Vienna

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL DUST; FACTORIZATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL STOVES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ROADS AND STREETS; SECONDARY EMISSION;

AUSTRIA; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CRACOW; ENVIRONMETRICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; UNMIX; VIENNA;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COAL; GASOLINE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; COAL; DATA SET; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BOILER; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; TRAFFIC;

AUSTRIA; CRACOW; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND; VIENNA;

EID: 77955858042     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.034225     Document Type: Article

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