Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds measured in Edmonton, Alberta

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 504-516

  McCarthy, Michael C ^a   Aklilu, Yayne Abeba ^b   Brown, Steven G ^a   Lyder, David A ^b  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

National air pollution surveillance; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; GASOLINE PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL FEEDSTOCK; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

BUTANE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASOLINE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDUSTRY;

BUTANE; CYCLOHEXANE; DODECANE; FUEL; GASOLINE; HEXANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NATURAL GAS; PENTANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NATURAL GAS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECONSTRUCTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT; MEASUREMENT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON;

EID: 84885414420     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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