Assessment of sea salt and mineral dust contributions to PM10 in NW Germany using tracer models and positive matrix factorization

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5813-5821

  Beuck, H ^a,b   Quass, U ^a   Klemm, O ^b   Kuhlbusch, T A J ^a  

^a Air Quality and Sustainable Nanotechnology Unit   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aged sea salt; Mineral dust; Natural sources; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

MINERAL DUST; NATURAL SOURCES; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SEA SALTS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AIR QUALITY; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; FACTORIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICATE MINERALS;

DUST;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; NITRATE; SEA SALT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA SET; DUST; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL FUEL; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESUSPENSION; SEA SALT; SODIUM; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTER; GERMANY; MINERAL DUST; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEA; URBAN AREA;

GERMANY;

EID: 80052329628     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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