Multi-criteria ranking and receptor modelling of airborne fine particles at three sites in the Pearl River Delta region of China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 719-737

  Friend, Adrian J ^a   Ayoko, Godwin A ^a   Guo, Hai ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air quality; Hong Kong; Multi criteria ranking; PM2.5; Receptor modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; COMMON SOURCE; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; DIESEL VEHICLES; ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; FINE PARTICLE MASS; FINE PARTICLES; GASOLINE VEHICLE; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; HONG-KONG; METAL PROCESSING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA RANKING; OIL COMBUSTION; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; PM2.5; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PREFERENCE RANKING; PROMETHEE; RECEPTOR MODEL; RECEPTOR MODELLING; ROAD DUSTS; RURAL SITE; SEA SALTS; SECONDARY NITRATES; SULPHATES; URBAN SITE; VEHICLE EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY; ROADSIDES;

DECISION MAKING;

GASOLINE; METAL; NITRATE; OIL; SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE; RANKING;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 78650993934     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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