Source apportionment of fine particulate matter measured in an industrialized coastal urban area of South Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3769-3776

  Karnae, Saritha ^a   John, Kuruvilla ^b  

^a Texas AandM University Kingsville   (United States)

^b Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5); Long range transport; Positive matrix factorization (PMF); Potential source contribution function (PSCF) analysis

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; COASTAL URBAN AREA; CORPUS CHRISTI; DIESEL EMISSION; DUST STORM; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; LOCAL EMISSIONS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; ME-XICO; OIL COMBUSTION; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF); POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION (PSCF) ANALYSIS; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SEA SALTS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE REGION; SUB-SAHARAN; SUMMER MONTHS; URBAN AREAS;

DUST; FACTORIZATION; INDUSTRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STORMS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

DIESEL FUEL; OIL; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; HAZE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEA SALT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMBUSTION; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957742259     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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