Assessing the long-range transport of PAH to a sub-Arctic site using positive matrix factorization and potential source contribution function

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 967-976

  Sofowote, Uwayemi M ^a   Hung, Hayley ^b   Rastogi, Ankit K ^a   Westgate, John N ^c   Deluca, Patrick F ^d   Su, Yushan ^b   McCarry, Brian E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic haze; Back trajectories; Long range transport; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Positive matrix factorization; Potential source contribution function

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC HAZE; BACK TRAJECTORIES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMBUSTION; FACTORIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRAJECTORIES; WOOD;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

FOSSIL FUEL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; FOSSIL FUEL; HAZE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; TRAJECTORY;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CANADA; COMBUSTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

AROMATIC ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT; WOOD;

CANADA; EUROPE; YUKON TERRITORY;

SAISSETIA COFFEAE;

EID: 78650984728     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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