Receptor modeling of near-roadway aerosol mass spectrometer data in Las Vegas, Nevada, with EPA PMF

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 309-325

  Brown, S G ^a,b   Lee, T ^b   Norris, G A ^c   Roberts, P T ^a   Collett, J L ^b   Paatero, P ^d   Worsnop, D R ^e  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC MATTER;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877145108     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-309-2012     Document Type: Article

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