Intra-urban spatial variability and uncertainty assessment of PM 2.5 sources based on carbonaceous species

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 305-315

  Xie, Mingjie ^a   Coons, Teresa L ^a   Hemann, Joshua G ^a   Dutton, Steven J ^b   Milford, Jana B ^a   Peel, Jennifer L ^c   Miller, Shelly L ^a   Kim, Sun Young ^d   Vedal, Sverre ^d   Sheppard, Lianne ^d   Hannigan, Michael P ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment; Spatial variability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

COMBUSTION; CORRELATION METHODS; DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; LUBRICATING OILS; VEHICLES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMASS BURNING; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; LUBRICANT; NUMERICAL METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

GADIDAE;

EID: 84864125341     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.036     Document Type: Article

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