PM10 source apportionment in Milan (Italy) using time-resolved data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4788-4795

  Bernardoni, Vera ^a   Vecchi, Roberta ^a   Valli, Gianluigi ^a   Piazzalunga, Andrea ^b   Fermo, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 hour resolved source apportionment; Emission sources; PM10; PMF; Wood burning contribution

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SOURCES; PM10; PMF; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WOOD BURNING CONTRIBUTION;

LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON;

ISOMERS;

AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GALACTOSAN; LEAD; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MAGNESIUM; MANNOSAN; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WINTER; WOOD;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DUST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FIRE; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; WINTER;

CITIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WOOD;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 80053316581     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.048     Document Type: Article

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