Application of a tagged-species method to source apportionment of primary PM2.5 components in a regional air quality model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3835-3847

  Samaali, Mehrez ^a   Bouchet, Véronique S ^a   Moran, Michael D ^a   Sassi, Mourad ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AURAMS; Primary PM; Regional air quality; Source apportionment; Tagged species; Tagging

Indexed keywords

AURAMS; PRIMARY PM; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TAGGED-SPECIES; TAGGING;

ROADS AND STREETS;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; TAGGING;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79957680657     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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