Development and application of a robotic chemical mass balance model for source apportionment of atmospheric particulate matter

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-481

  Argyropoulos, Georgios ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter; Chemical mass balance; Source apportionment; Source profiles

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; FITTING METHOD; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; INPUT DATAS; LEAST-SQUARES-FITTING METHOD; MODELING SOFTWARES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; RECEPTOR MODELING; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE PROFILES; STUDY AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ROBOTICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CORVIDAE;

EID: 78650573860     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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