Air particulate matter pollution in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Determination of composition, source contributions and source locations

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-137

  Davy, Perry K ^a   Gunchin, Gerelmaa ^b   Markwitz, Andreas ^a   Trompetter, William J ^a   Barry, Bernard J ^a   Shagjjamba, Dagva ^b   Lodoysamba, Sereeter ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; IBA; Mongolia; Particulate matter; Positive matrix factorisation; Receptor modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855582569     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2011.017     Document Type: Article

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