Source apportionment of ambient PM2.5 in Santiago, Chile: 1999 and 2004 results

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 418-429

  Jorquera, Héctor ^a   Barraza, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Copper smelters; Fine particulate matter; Regional sources; Soil dust; Source apportionment; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BURNED AREAS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATA SETS; EASTERN SIDE; EMISSION INVENTORIES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; LABORATORY FACILITIES; LAGRANGIAN; MARINE AEROSOLS; MARINE AIR; MOTOR VEHICLE; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; RECEPTOR MODEL; RECEPTOR SITES; REGIONAL SCALE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESIDENTIAL WOOD BURNING; SANTIAGO , CHILE; SEASONALITY; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SOIL DUST; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SOURCE PROFILES; WOOD BURNING;

AIR QUALITY; COAL; COPPER; DUST; FIRES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

WOOD;

COPPER; SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DUST; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT PM2.5; ARTICLE; CHILE; COAL POWER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER SMELTER; DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; FOGO SELVAGEM; METALLURGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR MODEL ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DUST; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND; WIND TRAJECTORY; WOOD BURNING;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILE; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WOOD;

CHILE; COMBUSTION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POWER PLANTS; SMELT; SOIL; WOOD;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

EID: 84864751063     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.049     Document Type: Article

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