Source apportionment and organic compound characterization of ambient ultrafine particulate matter (PM) in the Los Angeles Basin

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 529-539

  Hasheminassab, Sina ^a   Daher, Nancy ^a   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; MM CMB; Organic compounds; Source apportionment; UFP

Indexed keywords

LOS ANGELES BASIN; MM-CMB; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; UFP; ULTRA-FINE PARTICULATE MATTERS; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

COMBUSTION; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHIPS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; GASOLINE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PREDNISOLONE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITUS; EXHAUST EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMOKE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DETRITUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SMOKE; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; WOOD;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881112996     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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