Identification of the sources and geographic origins of black carbon using factor analysis at paired rural and urban sites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8462-8470

  Jeong, Cheol Heon ^a   Herod, Dennis ^b   Dabek Zlotorzynska, Ewa ^b   Ding, Luyi ^b   McGuire, Maygan L ^a   Evans, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; GENERATING STATIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SIMILAR TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; URBAN AND RURAL SITES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

URBAN GROWTH;

BLACK CARBON;

ABSORBANCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; DIESEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE FORCING; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CANADA; COAL MINING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CANADA;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84881413240     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304695t     Document Type: Article

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