Seasonal and spatial variation of trace elements and metals in quasi-ultrafine (PM0.25) particles in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and characterization of their sources

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 181, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-23

  Saffari, Arian ^a   Daher, Nancy ^a   Shafer, Martin M ^b   Schauer, James J ^b   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Los Angeles Basin; PCA; Quasi ultrafine; Source characterization; Trace element

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SECTOR FIELD MASS SPECTROMETRY; LOS ANGELES BASIN; PCA; QUASI-ULTRAFINE; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; SOUTH COAST AIR BASINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PLATING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METAL; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUASIULTRAFINE PARTICLE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE;

LOS ANGELES BASIN; PCA; QUASI-ULTRAFINE; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOS ANGELES; METALS; SEASONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879445233     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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