Source apportioning of primary and secondary organic carbon in summer PM2.5 in Hong Kong using positive matrix factorization of secondary and primary organic tracer data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Hu, Di ^a   Bian, Qijing ^a   Lau, Alexis K H ^a   Yu, Jian Zhen ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; FACTORIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TOLUENE;

AEROSOL SOURCE; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE MODEL; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HONG-KONG; LOCAL EMISSIONS; MONOTERPENES; ORGANIC TRACERS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIMARY AEROSOLS; PRIMARY OC; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TWO-COMPONENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DATABASE; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONALITY; SULFATE; TRACER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77956216357     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012498     Document Type: Article

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