Characterization and source apportionment of particulate pollution in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Seneviratne, M C Shirani ^a   Waduge, Vajira Ariyaratna ^a   Hadagiripathira, Lakmali ^a   Sanjeewani, Sisara ^a   Attanayake, Thilaka ^a   Jayaratne, Nuwan ^b   Hopke, Philip K ^c  

^a Atomic Energy Authority   (Sri Lanka)

^b Central Environmental Authority   (Sri Lanka)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Particulate matter; Positive matrix factorization; Receptor modeling; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862164243     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2011.026     Document Type: Article

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