Mass concentration, composition and sources of fine and coarse particulate matter in Tijuana, Mexico, during Cal-Mex campaign

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 320-329

  Minguillón, María Cruz ^a   Campos, Arturo Alberto ^b   Cárdenas, Beatriz ^b   Blanco, Salvador ^b   Molina, Luisa T ^c   Querol, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^c Molina Center for Energy and the Environment (MCE2)   (United States)

Author keywords

Ions; Source apportionment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONS; LEAD; ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN GROWTH;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; MASS CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS CONCENTRATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CALCIUM SULFATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIODEGRADABLE INTERFERENCE SCREW; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOLUBILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN AREA;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TIJUANA;

EID: 84897071104     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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