Spatial and temporal variability of PM10 sources in Augsburg, Germany

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-139

  Gu, Jianwei ^a,b   Schnelle Kreis, Jürgen ^a   Pitz, Mike ^a,b   Diemer, Jürgen ^c   Reller, Armin ^b   Zimmermann, Ralf ^a,d   Soentgen, Jens ^b   Peters, Annette ^a   Cyrys, Josef ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augsburg; Particulate matter; PMF; Source apportionment; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AUGSBURG; PARTICULATE MATTER; PMF; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

COMBUSTION; HOUSING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GERMANY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AUGSBURG; BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84874515035     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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