Positive matrix factorization of PM2.5: Comparison and implications of using different speciation data sets

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11962-11970

  Xie, Mingjie ^a   Hannigan, Michael P ^a   Dutton, Steven J ^b   Milford, Jana B ^a   Hemann, Joshua G ^a   Miller, Shelly L ^a   Schauer, James J ^c   Peel, Jennifer L ^d   Vedal, Sverre ^e  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP TECHNIQUE; DATA SETS; FACTOR PROFILES; HEALTH-STUDY; INPUT DATAS; MOLECULAR MARKER; PM COMPONENT; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; ROAD DUSTS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCES OF INTERESTS; SPECIATION DATA; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

DUST;

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AMMONIA; CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; MOLECULAR MARKER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MOLECULAR MARKER; PREDNISOLONE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER SOLUBLE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84868557131     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302358g     Document Type: Article

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